I am glad more people don't think like you, Lonnie, or technology would never advance anywhere. What if we didn't have airplanes because everyone fretted over the possible risks? What if we didn't have cars or boats?
"You want to do WHAT? Go across the OCEAN? What if that boat thing gets a leak!?"
So you don't beleive its dangerous???? thats all I'm asking. You're telling me you would have absolutely no worries going into space yeh?
Do you have worries when you get in a car? Because a major issue in that vehicle is likely going to turn out fatal as well. But to answer your question with an answer rather than a question, yes, if safety was the only concern, I'd feel perfectly comfortable riding on a Virgin Galactic "Founder" mission.
Have you actually checked out the spaceship that people are paying $200,000 to travel in?
Quite a deal moreso than I check out commercial airplane models before climbing aboard a normal Delta flight. I know that it is the direct successor to SpaceShipOne, which made 18 successful flights, 17 of them manned. I know that it has performed four successful crewed test flights, and testing is exceeding expectations. I know that Virgin Galactic's entire commercial space flight future, an industry into which Virgin has sunk an INSANE amount of money with the hope of large returns, depends on these first 100 "Founder" flights going smoothly.
What about if things do go wrong? What then? all i read on that website was hey do you wanna fly to space? Then give us a $20,000 deposit.
You know, I went online to reserve a ticket once. All I read on that website was "Hey, do you wanna fly to Tokyo? Then give us a $965 deposit."
If something goes wrong, things might stabilize. Worst case scenario, you die. Just like worse case scenarios for commercial airlines, cars, trains, scuba, skiing, rollerskating, skateboarding, walking down the street, and staying at home. The main difference here is that going into space comes with heavily accounted-for risks.
Something isn't dangerous only because it makes you feel scared. We're supposed to learn this lesson when we're young, when we realize that turning the light off in our bedroom does not actually attract monsters, or when we realize that we can use proper balance to keep ourselves from falling when riding a bicycle.
Edit-I'm gunna laugh if you go on the trip and you run into trouble on board.
So, this wasn't just a comment that happened kind of happened spontaneously and in the background of your mind. No, you thought this up afterwards, immediately decided that the idea that my own death would be hilarious was so good and added so much to your original post that you had to actually add it in after the fact.
I am glad more people don't think like you, Lonnie, or technology would never advance anywhere. What if we didn't have airplanes because everyone fretted over the possible risks? What if we didn't have cars or boats?
"You want to do WHAT? Go across the OCEAN? What if that boat thing gets a leak!?"
Do you have worries when you get in a car? Because a major issue in that vehicle is likely going to turn out fatal as well. But to answer your question with an answer rather than a question, yes, if safety was the only concern, I'd feel perfectly comfortable riding on a Virgin Galactic "Founder" mission.
Quite a deal moreso than I check out commercial airplane models before climbing aboard a normal Delta flight. I know that it is the direct successor to SpaceShipOne, which made 18 successful flights, 17 of them manned. I know that it has performed four successful crewed test flights, and testing is exceeding expectations. I know that Virgin Galactic's entire commercial space flight future, an industry into which Virgin has sunk an INSANE amount of money with the hope of large returns, depends on these first 100 "Founder" flights going smoothly.
You know, I went online to reserve a ticket once. All I read on that website was "Hey, do you wanna fly to Tokyo? Then give us a $965 deposit."
If something goes wrong, things might stabilize. Worst case scenario, you die. Just like worse case scenarios for commercial airlines, cars, trains, scuba, skiing, rollerskating, skateboarding, walking down the street, and staying at home. The main difference here is that going into space comes with heavily accounted-for risks.
Something isn't dangerous only because it makes you feel scared. We're supposed to learn this lesson when we're young, when we realize that turning the light off in our bedroom does not actually attract monsters, or when we realize that we can use proper balance to keep ourselves from falling when riding a bicycle.
So, this wasn't just a comment that happened kind of happened spontaneously and in the background of your mind. No, you thought this up afterwards, immediately decided that the idea that my own death would be hilarious was so good and added so much to your original post that you had to actually add it in after the fact.
...I have nothing else to say to that.
No, I don't want you to die Rather Dashing, I was just being a dick.
Well I never knew about all the test flights, I really haven't heard much about it, just the thought of space travel makes me think of all those rockets that took off and blew up/crashed with people on them.
How does the thing take off...its like a rocket too yeh? Then lands like a plane once it reaches earths surface?
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"You want to do WHAT? Go across the OCEAN? What if that boat thing gets a leak!?"
Quite a deal moreso than I check out commercial airplane models before climbing aboard a normal Delta flight. I know that it is the direct successor to SpaceShipOne, which made 18 successful flights, 17 of them manned. I know that it has performed four successful crewed test flights, and testing is exceeding expectations. I know that Virgin Galactic's entire commercial space flight future, an industry into which Virgin has sunk an INSANE amount of money with the hope of large returns, depends on these first 100 "Founder" flights going smoothly.
You know, I went online to reserve a ticket once. All I read on that website was "Hey, do you wanna fly to Tokyo? Then give us a $965 deposit."
If something goes wrong, things might stabilize. Worst case scenario, you die. Just like worse case scenarios for commercial airlines, cars, trains, scuba, skiing, rollerskating, skateboarding, walking down the street, and staying at home. The main difference here is that going into space comes with heavily accounted-for risks.
Something isn't dangerous only because it makes you feel scared. We're supposed to learn this lesson when we're young, when we realize that turning the light off in our bedroom does not actually attract monsters, or when we realize that we can use proper balance to keep ourselves from falling when riding a bicycle.
So, this wasn't just a comment that happened kind of happened spontaneously and in the background of your mind. No, you thought this up afterwards, immediately decided that the idea that my own death would be hilarious was so good and added so much to your original post that you had to actually add it in after the fact.
...I have nothing else to say to that.
Do the coupons stack? I'm thinking of buying a lot of Star Trek DVDs...
LOL.
No, I don't want you to die Rather Dashing, I was just being a dick.
Well I never knew about all the test flights, I really haven't heard much about it, just the thought of space travel makes me think of all those rockets that took off and blew up/crashed with people on them.
How does the thing take off...its like a rocket too yeh? Then lands like a plane once it reaches earths surface?