From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Sunday, Jeff Findley quipped:   
   > In article <9uHGI.11169$VU3.2612@fx46.iad>,   
   > jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
   >>   
   >> On 2021-07-11 12:36, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >>> Virgin Galactic has succeeded in sending Branson and his companion   
   >>> passengers to space(*) and landed safely.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The reality checks I got here means I have very little excitement for   
   >> this joy ride which does nothing to advance space travel as the "ship"   
   >> used has no upgrade potential.   
   >>   
   >> Funny how media tout this as space flight instead of an amusement park   
   >> joy ride.   
   >   
   > It's both.   
      
   Mention was made on the NSF stream that VG had made rumblings about   
   building up to a hypersonic transport.  SpaceX's path may be easier,   
   just speaking from the back of my envelope, but it's an interesting   
   idea.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
   --   
   "What do you think of my cart, Miss Morland? A neat one, is not it?   
   Well hung: curricle-hung in fact. Come sit by me and we'll test the   
   springs."   
   (Speculative fiction by H.Lacedaemonian.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)