From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Thus spake JF Mezei:   
   > On 2021-07-11 19:59, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >   
   >> Nonetheless, I might be wrong but I expect Virgin Galactic will have a   
   >> lower operation cost than Blue Origin and SpaceX.   
   >   
   > Virgin's ship belongs at a 6 flags amusement park. not quite tourism,   
   > just a thrill ride that lasts a few seconds in near 0 G.   
   >   
   > SpaceX is able to get you to 25,000kmh in "space", while Virgin is at   
   > near 0 when it reaches "space".  SpaceX gets to stay in orbit, Virgin   
   > falls back down.   
   >   
   > SpaceX can get you to the Hilton at the ISS to stay a few days, and   
   > makes Bell Systems video call back home.   Virgin can only jump up and   
   > down, can't stay up there.   
   >   
   >   
   > Doesn't means there isn't any demand for a short joy ride. But the two   
   > are very different.   
      
   Well, yes.  This was understood years ago.  And the original schedule   
   for Virgin Galactic would have had this flight well before Crew Dragon.   
    At the moment, you still have a better chance of being able to buy a   
   flight on Unity with your own funds than buying a flight on Crew   
   Dragon.   
      
   And New Shepard benefits from short 0G experiments that NASA is buying   
   flights for, and I think Unity has had some of those experiments as   
   well.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
   /dps   
      
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