Title: They're actually building a 'spaceport' ...
Post by: longmanshort on 15 December, 2005, 08:58:36 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 15 December, 2005, 08:58:36 PM
Call me a geek if you want, but I nearly cried with joy when I heard about this on the news last night. Branson's starting up a commercial space service!
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: Conexus on 15 December, 2005, 09:02:25 PM
Post by: Conexus on 15 December, 2005, 09:02:25 PM
can I be the bigger geek ,for just a moment, and say that it is in fact impossible to go to infinty, as it is a concept, not a number (e.g not a certain number of light miles,)
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: longmanshort on 15 December, 2005, 09:11:03 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 15 December, 2005, 09:11:03 PM
Geek.
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 15 December, 2005, 09:27:02 PM
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 15 December, 2005, 09:27:02 PM
Unless you class "infinity" as a noun, referring to space because it is thought to be endless - just as infinity describes the endless nature of numbers. In which case you could go to "infinity" and then. Well, as was said, "back again".
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 15 December, 2005, 09:27:44 PM
Post by: The Enigmatic Dr X on 15 December, 2005, 09:27:44 PM
A descrpitive noun, of course. But not an adjective.
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: House of Usher on 15 December, 2005, 09:49:06 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 15 December, 2005, 09:49:06 PM
When I saw the title of the thread, I immediately imagined it refered to some Big Brother style task on Space Cadets.
...but now I know different. Getting my coat...
...but now I know different. Getting my coat...
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: Mr C on 15 December, 2005, 09:52:18 PM
Post by: Mr C on 15 December, 2005, 09:52:18 PM
Hmmm... The projected design looks like the brainchild of an acid casualty. Can't they just use Stanstead?
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 15 December, 2005, 10:51:06 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 15 December, 2005, 10:51:06 PM
Given that Branson is the biggest bullshiter on the planet and more than half of his ventures go down the pan (seen any Virgin Cola lately?) I would not hold any high hopes for this. And if it's anything like Virgin Rail it'll cost about a zillion quid for a ticket and the Space Cadets will have had a longer ride.
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: Matt Timson on 15 December, 2005, 11:41:25 PM
Post by: Matt Timson on 15 December, 2005, 11:41:25 PM
I'm still marvelling at the imaginatively titled 'Spaceship One'. They could've called it anything- anything at all- and that was the best they could come up with?
I'm not sure that Branson is *the* biggest bullshitter on the planet though, even if your observations of Virgin Rail are pretty much spot on...
I'm not sure that Branson is *the* biggest bullshitter on the planet though, even if your observations of Virgin Rail are pretty much spot on...
Title: Re: They're actually building a 's...
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 16 December, 2005, 07:13:59 AM
Post by: Adrian Bamforth on 16 December, 2005, 07:13:59 AM
Look at the half-arsedness of the 3D graphic mock-up, it looks like a Flash tutorial. I mean, it wouldn't even be a good prog-rock cover.
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