Virgin Galactic's Private SpaceShipTwo Soars in Test Flight. - Polidicks

[QUOTE][QUOTE][IMG]http://i.space.com/images/i/000/027/765/original/spaceshiptwo-moon.jpg?1365177947[/IMG] [/QUOTE] A private spaceship soared through the California sky on Wednesday (April 3) in a flight test meant to pave the way for future passenger trips to space. Source: [URL]http://www.space.com/20530-spaceshiptwo-virgin-galactic-test-flight.html?cmpid=514630[/URL][/QUOTE] Coolest. [del]Aircraft[/del]. Ever. Coolest. Spacecraft. Ever.

SpaceShipTwo such a dry name.

that is such a fantastic picture

I can't tell if it looks more like one of those Y-Wings from The Clone Wars or an upside-down Class J transport from Star Trek. Either way, once these become public usage, because as it's looking right now they will, I'm sure some group of nerds with a seemingly endless supply of money will reverse-engineer one to look like something out of Star Trek or Star Wars or some shit.

Alright, now let's get some legit sub-orbital test-flights. Didn't they say they'd be open for business by 2013?

That is a sexy spacecraft.

Oh god I read it as "Virgin Galatic's Private SpaceShipTwo Tore Up in test Flight"

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40182289]SpaceShipTwo such a dry name.[/QUOTE] Should've named it "Galactic Sex-mobileOne" or something.

i read the paul allen book about the spaceships and it is really an amazing feat of engineering

I must let out my inner schoolgirl to fully express how I feel omigoshomigoshomigosh spaceships are real AHHHHH

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;40182590]Should've named it "Galactic Sex-mobileOne" or something.[/QUOTE] "PREPARE FOR RE-ENTRY!"

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;40182590]Should've named it "Galactic Sex-mobileOne" or something.[/QUOTE] I wonder what the club will be called for having sex in one. The There is no high or low in space Club.

[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;40183067]I wonder what the club will be called for having sex in one. The There is no up or down in space Club.[/QUOTE] Light-speed club

[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;40183067]I wonder what the club will be called for having sex in one. The There is no high or low in space Club.[/QUOTE] Orbit club.

[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;40183067]I wonder what the club will be called for having sex in one. The There is no high or low in space Club.[/QUOTE] Zero G-Spot?

Has anyone made this in kerbal?

Another glide test? Yawn, call me when they do an actual suborbital flight.

Because testing it first is stupid right?

all that really has slowed this down is the jet that they need to litterly engineer from scratch to carry a rocket and space plane up to high altitudes to launch, compaired to this, building the orbiter was easy [editline]6th April 2013[/editline] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/WhiteKnight_Two_flying.jpg/800px-WhiteKnight_Two_flying.jpg[/Img] basicly a custom designed airframe which is very difficult to build

[QUOTE=Lolx0rz;40183943]Has anyone made this in kerbal?[/QUOTE] I know I've made Turbine-Delivered Rocket ships. Two planes fly a rocket out to 10km and then detach Saves a good amount of fuel pseudoscience :v:

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40182289]SpaceShipTwo such a dry name.[/QUOTE] AppleTwo was too.

[QUOTE=Sableye;40184308]all that really has slowed this down is the jet that they need to literally engineer from scratch to carry a rocket and space plane up to high altitudes to launch, compaired to this, building the [B]spacecraft[/B] was easy [editline]6th April 2013[/editline] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/WhiteKnight_Two_flying.jpg/800px-WhiteKnight_Two_flying.jpg[/Img] basicly a custom designed airframe which is very difficult to build[/QUOTE] SpaceShipTwo, like it's predecessor, is not an orbital spacecraft. [editline]6th April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40182289]SpaceShipTwo such a dry name.[/QUOTE] Everybody calls it SpaceShipTwo, but that's just it's class name. It's real name is the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise]VSS Enterprise[/url] which is the name they should really use.