I was hoping to see Branson doing a technicolor yawn in zero-g.The weightless portion seemed to consist of 2 seconds of badly pixelated footage!
According to NASA, you get your 'astronaught wings' at 80km above the Earth."We are heading to space"
No you're not.
You don't reach the threshold to be considered as 'going into space', the 'karman line' at 100km.
Maybe that’s because altimeters measure height above sea level. I’m assuming the mission didn’t start from Branson’s undersea supersecret baseOdd that the altimeter is still reading 400+ feet when Unity was on the ground
The altimeter reads above sea level. They said as part of the descent commentary that the airfield is approximately 4,600 ft above sea level, hence the residual reading while sat on the runway.Odd that the altimeter is still reading 400+ feet when Unity was on the ground
I thought they pixelated it remarkably well actually
I'm an SF buff and I loved it! I want to see space flight advance, not limp along with a sclerotic drip-feed of government money.Skinny, that is what I thought; so much negativity.
Everywhere I looked online, its cynical.
The worst, and saddest was the sf buffs
Guys, this is for you, and you alone, the Very Pretty Plane...It goes higher and faster than anything you have ever seen before.
And its waiting for you.
He will probably get a cheaper flight with Virgin.Billionaire businessman who paid $28 million for a seat on Bezos' space capsule declines the flight, as he has something else on that day (and no, I don't buy that either).
So reading between the lines, this 'Billionaire businessman' was some computer nerd called Beswick Caufield Jr, who lives in his moms basement and there never was $28 million, everyones just too embarrassed to admit itBillionaire businessman who paid $28 million for a seat on Bezos' space capsule declines the flight, as he has something else on that day (and no, I don't buy that either).
The spare seat now goes to Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen. At 18, he will be the youngest ever person to go into space.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/15/business/nightcap-bezos-space-oatly-sunscreen-recall/index.html