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I'd love to fly on Virgin Galactic's space plane, but I think its maximum speed is around Mach 3. To get into orbit you need to reach a speed of at least 27,000
by 0xf00ff00f 3y ago
I'd love to fly on Virgin Galactic's space plane, but I think its maximum speed is around Mach 3. To get into orbit you need to reach a speed of at least 27,000 km/h (Mach 22). Huge difference!
- sangnoir 3y agoMy argument wasn't on the orbital potential of suborbital vehicles - rather, I think the odds of Virgin successfully developing an orbital vehicle are better than even. Or more succinctly P(achieve orbit|reach space) > P(reach space)
- oroup 3y agoI’ll take the under
- yencabulator 3y agoThey literally had a Virgin company go bankrupt trying to do that as a business: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Orbit