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> $200K per ride for less than 3 minutes of zero gravity There's more than just weightlessness to appreciate on a suborbital flight. Plus the 8 minutes up an
by akira2501 8y ago
> $200K per ride for less than 3 minutes of zero gravity
There's more than just weightlessness to appreciate on a suborbital flight. Plus the 8 minutes up and 8-20 minutes back down are probably pretty fun too.
- gameswithgo 8y agoapparently even ex fighter pilots say the return trip on soyuz is the craziest, scariest ride of their lives.
- Klathmon 8y agoSince this is sub-orbital it won't be nearly as intense as reentry in something moving as fast as the Soyuz capsule.
- lokopodium 8y agoThat's not actually true, Soyuz re-enter on a very shallow profile, shedding a lot of speed over a lot of time with relatively low G. Additionally, Soyuz is a lifting body, which makes the profile even shallower. Mercury had 8g deceleration on orbital reentry vs 11-12g on suborbital one.
- mannykannot 8y agoI was surprised to see a higher deceleration on suborbital flights - is that due to a flatter trajectory for the return from orbit?