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Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship
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| July 11, 2021
| SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MARCIA DUNN
Posted on 07/11/2021 9:45:32 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: White Lives Matter
Big question is what will happen to SPCE stock next week. Has been the latest meme stonk over the past month. Sell the news?
To: Romulus
I was referring to statement in post #8.
Related it could have been done with a balloon.
50 miles is very high.
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:15:36 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: White Lives Matter
Congratulations! The US didn’t go from zero to the moon in one step, it took years and billions of dollars. Branson will get to orbit I have not doubt, it might take years but that’s ok, he just opened a new door to space exploration and for that I wish him all the best!!
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:15:39 PM PDT
by
The Louiswu
( No one is immune to the after-effects of girls, cocaine, and dry martinis.)
To: jpsb
Point being, there’s not much difference.
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:20:41 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: White Lives Matter
ABQ.fm
Branson is a grifting fraud
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:27:54 PM PDT
by
fishtank
To: crusty old prospector; White Lives Matter
“Project Excelsior and Red Bull Stratos”
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Project_Excelsior
Just WOW
19.47 Miles and dropped safely by parachute. An amazing Feat.
And an Amazing Story.
Show how truly brave these pioneers really were. It it takes more than balls to do stuff like this.
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:44:06 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: bigbob
Was Branson’s plane designed by Burt Rutan?
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posted on
07/11/2021 12:49:35 PM PDT
by
JohnnyP
(Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
To: White Lives Matter
Yup! Good for him! Who needs NASAr!?
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:03:58 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Jolla
“Agree very cool, would love to go up 50 miles.”
Purple haze.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:05:33 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Night Hides Not
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:10:45 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: White Lives Matter
After Bezos flight next week I hope Branson sends him a 2nd place trophy.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:14:26 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Play with knives long enough and you will eventually bleed.)
To: dinodino
Boring, amateur-level stuff compared to Musk.I think both approaches are valid and important.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:17:27 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: JohnnyP
Sure was…awesome designer.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:18:53 PM PDT
by
USAF1985
(An armed population is a polite population...)
To: JohnnyP
Yes, it was designed by Rutan.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:21:11 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
(DTCM&OTTH)
To: TexasFreeper2009
The world record for manned balloons is 22,000 feet, that’s about 4.1 miles.According to this page, the record is 113,739.9 feet. That's about 18 miles. The reference is to a 1961 flight. I'd be surprised if no one has bested it.
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:26:40 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: Night Hides Not
Not only that, but he also polluted the Moon by leaving a couple of golf balls.Not to mention (shudder), an American Flag!
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:30:27 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: struggle
Not only that but isn’t this a capitalistic under taking?
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posted on
07/11/2021 1:33:26 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
To: All
Wow. Just like the X-15 project in the 1960s. The pilots actually got astronaut wings. Why are all the things we did 50 years ago suddenly so cutting edge again?
To: White Lives Matter
Get ready for every billionaire and unfortunate near-billionaire feeling the need to go to space now. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it is just how people work.
The space race is officially ON.
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posted on
07/11/2021 2:00:46 PM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
To: cgbg
Gay aliens are always the “hardest hit” by the billionaire class.
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posted on
07/11/2021 2:01:36 PM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic )
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