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Jeff Bezos vs Richard Branson: Balloon Wars Redux IN SPACE

Started by Blue Jam, July 02, 2021, 11:35:56 PM

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Blumf


Attila

So, Branson's one of those annoying people who applauds landings, check.


Blumf

Turned off before that shitty pop track gets played


Blue Jam

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on July 11, 2021, 03:55:09 PM
Surely it would be more efficient to load all of these billionaire manchildren into one craft and fire it at the sun?

The Golgafrincham V Ark

Blue Jam


PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: idunnosomename on July 11, 2021, 03:50:52 PM
when does the space launch actually happen. im not sitting through all this shit not to see him die. i could be having a wank

Why keep these things separate

PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on July 11, 2021, 04:16:48 PM
I want Alan Sugar to get involved in some 2nd rate craft that tries to look the part with some "mugs eyefull" flashing lights but just falls apart before it gets there.

The sinclair space5

Blue Jam


Zetetic


Blumf

You mad, Blue Origin?

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521627116032001
QuoteBlue Origin @blueorigin
From the beginning, New Shepard was designed to fly above the Kármán line so none of our astronauts have an asterisk next to their name. For 96% of the world's population, space begins 100 km up at the internationally recognized Kármán line.



4:33 pm · 9 Jul 2021

Don't see any mention of orbital capability in that comparison.

Alberon

Blue Origin is working on a bigger rocket called the New Glenn which should be able to lift 45 tons to orbit (about half of SpaceX's Starship) the first flights will probably be next year. There doesn't seem to be any plan to launch people on the thing, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glenn

Beyond that there is something called the New Armstrong, there isn't any information about it out, but I assume going by the name that it's a Starship rival also capable of reaching the moon.

Mr Eggs

Quote from: Alberon on July 11, 2021, 11:02:00 PM
Blue Origin is working on a bigger rocket called the New Glenn which should be able to lift 45 tons to orbit (about half of SpaceX's Starship) the first flights will probably be next year. There doesn't seem to be any plan to launch people on the thing, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Glenn

Beyond that there is something called the New Armstrong, there isn't any information about it out, but I assume going by the name that it's a Starship rival also capable of reaching the moon.

Bulb Uplift from Merthyr Tydfil.

Sebastian Cobb

I'd forgotten all about this:
Quote
Call me mad but I reckon if your airline needs a £1.2billion bail out, you shouldn't get to shoot yourself into space on a jolly for at least a couple of years.
https://twitter.com/bakingfiction/status/1414533338895982593

idunnosomename

There's more risk of me dying while driving to Lidl then either of these cunts going splat on the space jolly wanks isnt there

Sebastian Cobb

I feel sorry for the crew, obviously there's finite chances at being an astronaut and it does look like the private side is slowly emerging as some projects get wound down. I feel sorry they have to work for such bellends and that they have to take up and child-mind their billionaire bosses, presumably they could do a better job without that millstone round their necks.

Although I guess it depends upon whether these crafts are going to be used for exploration or just the equivalent of a glass-bottomed boat ride into space.

PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: idunnosomename on July 12, 2021, 11:50:56 AM
There's more risk of me dying while driving to Lidl then either of these cunts going splat on the space jolly wanks isnt there

What's going on with your lidl mate? Is it really sharp or electrified or something

Blumf

Quote from: PlanktonSideburns on July 12, 2021, 12:12:37 PM
What's going on with your lidl mate? Is it really sharp or electrified or something

It's the car. He strapped a couple of JATO rockets to it. Sure, you arrive at Lidl pushing Mach 2.1, but try finding a space once you get there!



Blumf

Quote from: idunnosomename on July 12, 2021, 12:39:41 PM
the Lidl is in space

You would have thought it'd be a Waitrose, what with all the billionaires trying to get to it.

Blue Jam

Quote from: Blumf on July 11, 2021, 10:36:52 PM
You mad, Blue Origin?

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1413521627116032001



What? Dickie Branson's space plane that has blown up once before has no escape system? Would it even be legal to operate a commercial spaceflight service in those circumstances?

Blue Jam


Blue Jam



Blumf

Quote from: Blue Jam on July 12, 2021, 01:45:54 PM
What? Dickie Branson's space plane that has blown up once before has no escape system? Would it even be legal to operate a commercial spaceflight service in those circumstances?

They did have parachutes, which was handy as the aircraft fell to pieces around them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash

touchingcloth

Quote from: Blumf on July 12, 2021, 02:31:47 PM
the aircraft fell to pieces around them

Is that a suggestion for a Culture spaceship name?