From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 23-May-21 6:50 pm, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > So, Virgin Galactic did another flight.   
   >   
   > The engine exhaust looked very strange to me, then I looked up on   
   > Wikipedia, and apparently they burn plastic  with nitroux ocyde as   
   > oxydizer. Is that the case or did I misread of find reference to an   
   > older ship?   
   >   
   >  From the point of view of the potential for this ship, apparently its   
   > max speed is 4000kmh, or mach 3 (sea level)max altitude of 110km. Is   
   > this straight up so its horizontal speed is 0 at apogee? Or does it   
   > reach apogee with a horizontal speed closer to 4000kmh?   
   >   
   > I undertsand it is nowhere hear to orbital speed. But am curious if this   
   > could have transpotation potential?   
      
   No, there is no way this can evolve into anything other than a rich   
   man's toy. It's a dead end.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)