Comments on: SS2/WK2 new design: first look http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: name http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-421477 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:45:53 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-421477 Best Wishes!,

]]> By: Pwhndvve http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-287387 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-287387 Thousands and legate left buy cytotec dead hand daughters.

]]> By: Peter Shearer http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-231397 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:20:09 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-231397 From the blog on wired.com http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/spaceshiptwo-un.html this is the more official explanation…
“One cabin for astronaut training passengers, other could be used for special science missions, environmental research. Gives you a great view of the launch.”

As I was thinking about it today it may be less of a selling tickets to watch a launch and more of family members and friends riding up in the second WK2 cabin to watch their family/friends launch.

Another interesting factoid about this twin hull arrangement… Any time the aircraft rolls left or right (to initiate a turn) one cabin will feel plus G’s and the other negative G’s. I’m sure the pilots will make the rolls as slow and gradual as possible but in situations of turbulance and crosswind it could get interesting.

Also, are there going to be pilots in both cabins? Two pilots in each? One in each? Two in one with two extra “passenger” seats in the other?

Thank you Burt Rutan for another aviation curveball! :)

]]> By: Spaceship Two Design « Tai-Chi Policy http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-231380 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:08:55 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-231380 […] will be real commercial flights into space in a year and a half. Awesome! Personal Spaceflight has an interesting comment, popular mechanics has some more graphics. Hobbyspace, meanwhile, points out the NY Times section […]

]]> By: Gary C Hudson http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-231375 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:20:24 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-231375 “The dual cabin was hinted at. It was said months ago that one cabin would be the “next-up” for their rocket flight and the second one would sell cheap tickets to simply ride up and watch a rocket launch. (cheap as an airline ticket)”

This raises a certification problem. By statute, FAA/AST can approve using WK2 in revenue service for suborbital flight support, but I think only the FAA/AVR can approve passengers flying on WK2 to observe the flight of SS2. That means full certification for WK2, not just an suborbital permit from AST.

]]> By: Chance http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-231363 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:04:28 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-231363 That is so neat.

]]> By: Peter Shearer http://www.newspacejournal.com/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/comment-page-1/#comment-231360 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:28:49 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2008/01/23/ss2wk2-new-design-first-look/#comment-231360 The dual cabin was hinted at. It was said months ago that one cabin would be the “next-up” for their rocket flight and the second one would sell cheap tickets to simply ride up and watch a rocket launch. (cheap as an airline ticket)

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