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- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -1/+31Jeez, it took months of squalid conditions to get them to the colony when they were convicts. Guess the up-shot of this is, we can get them over here to work in London bars far quicker. Apologies to my Aussie friends, it's my humour, my brother has lived in Perth since 1970.
- Cannon49, on 02/05/2008, -4/+30I can't wait for the American's to declare these spaceships as "threats to national security"
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -2/+24That's ok Graham you pommy bastard! Still enjoy kicking your ass in the ashes time after time. LOL. Yes I am a crook from down under a descendant from the convict ships. And no need to aplogise, us Aussies and the poms love to hate each other.
- cambrown99, on 02/05/2008, -0/+20I would be happy if he ran all of the world's air travel. He clearly does it better than anyone else.
- omenmedia, on 02/05/2008, -0/+20Perhaps if the trip only takes 45 minutes, we can also bring over some of our ICE COLD beer, and it will actually remain cold when served.
- mal1964, on 02/05/2008, -0/+20What will we do without the joy of long delays at the airport ,rude flight attendants, lost luggage, and the kid kicking the back of your chair for eight hours?
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -0/+17lol... I'm Welsh, 700 years of living under English occupation.
- omenmedia, on 02/05/2008, -0/+16Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
- shaundee, on 02/05/2008, -0/+16"Rich Billionaire" nice one. To be fair Richard Branson is a rather cool ***** guy doing stuff most people couldn't even dream of doing.
- cr3ative, on 02/05/2008, -0/+11If you've ever flown Virgin Atlantic, you'll know it's really damned good for an economy ticket. The staff are actually helpful and attentive.
Compared to US Airways, who I flew with just before a Virgin flight, it's luxury. I'm surprised the US Airways staff didn't stab me in the throat for asking for a pillow. :( - Homerr, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1020th century = Concorde
21st century = SpaceShipTwo - Kenzan, on 02/05/2008, -0/+9You know, using the words: "galactic" and "spaceport" in the article doesn't change the fact that the vehicles are sub-orbital. It's not like you'll be blasting your way out of Mos Eisley any time soon or anything.
- kazamx, on 02/05/2008, -0/+8On Virgin they give you an Ice cream when your watching films. come on we all know we love little things like that. ice cream £0.10 Future ticket sales in the bag, priceless.
- SilentRamble42, on 02/05/2008, -3/+11Dugg for "spaceport."
- kibbled, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7How fast can the plane make the Kessel Run?
- MackPrime, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7get out. THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT RON PAUL
- sdellboy, on 02/05/2008, -1/+8What could possibly be so ***** important that you have to drive across London in one hour? A human life isn't worth the amount of fuel and pollution that would cause.
- greenlight2001, on 02/05/2008, -4/+10He *almost* has a mullet. A little more business in the front and I'd lose a little bit of respect for him.
- chronot150, on 02/05/2008, -0/+6For the greater good, to boot.
- 3leggedHorse, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5 ***** you leave Sydney 3/4/08 @ 1200pm and arrive in London 3/4/08 @ 0145. That would add a whole new dimension to jet lag.
- kazamx, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5There is a BIG difference. Something that someone wrote in a book, it NOT real. What Mr Branson is doing IS real. Do you need walking through this in more detail?
- Cannon49, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Buried and reported. And I'm a fan of RP
- merper, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Few things piss me off more than environmentalists who are idiots. Do you think this thing runs on oil?
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=623
Output is mostly Nitrogen. - omenmedia, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5She'll make point five past light speed.
- Tenlow, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6If there is a way, Branson is going to find it. He may not know a lot about physics, but he does know a lot about making money, and I don't mean with scams.
- twinklyJesus, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5No, I did.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4Pilot: Ladies and gentlemen, too bad I could not stop this plane in London. We are now heading directly into our Sun in 45 minutes.
- tensvb, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5There is a huge difference...
Concord = government project = economic disaster and a waste of public money
SpaceShipTwo = private company = might be sucessful, might be not, but I don't have to pay for it - WhereAmI, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5At first...when is anything new cheap?
- whatsgoodike, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4FTA (pic cap): "Branson said he would like to see the company's second spaceport set up in Australia in 2006"
I can't wait? - kbcool, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5That's ok, you don't need to apologise. You send all your garbage over here to work in our bars.
There's so many yobbo poms around Bondi, Coogee etc that you've forced out all the well heeled, well educated Australians and those areas are beginning to fall apart. I love going to the UK though, all your girls love Aussies. Pity it doesn't work the other way round for you guys. - omenmedia, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4That's the same amount of time it takes me to drive to work. :(
- swordedge, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4so maybe Branson will implement something that has been in Science Fiction for at least 30 years, maybe more.
- ChayD, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Beacuse of the "I am a busy executive; Every second counts. Productivity is key. Only losers sleep. Report. Proposal. Meeting. Presentation. *fiddles with CrackBerry* How's my portfolio doing?" types. I didn't believe people like that existed until I started working in London. That said, I'd happily fly to NY in 45 mins, much better than 5-7 f**king hours crammed into a tiny seat, watching movies I've already seen a hundred times.
- rdoger6424, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3how many years with vowels?
- kazamx, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3and we still haven't managed to bash the lazy sheep shaggers into respectable members of the world society. Fear not though world, we will keep trying
- mattimoto, on 02/05/2008, -2/+5Why put an Aussie behind a London bar when you can get a Polish guy to do it for a little less and with far fewer visa hassles.....
- cambrown99, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Richard Branson is hands-down my favorite eccentric billionaire.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4are you sure? i'm thinking of air resistance in atmosphere.
but i've no idea what i'm talking about. - thedinomeister, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4Ummm...what the hell has been holding these things up? It's 2008 and people have been working on the "45min" to london project for 20 years. Since then we have only made steps backwards. Instead they retired the Concord (wtf?!!!) and they spent billions on a full double decker jumbo jet design-- the A380.
Screw this, if I had billions of dollars at my disposal I would have an efficient supersonic plane ready in 1 year for EVERYONE to use, not just the SUPER RICH. - cambrown99, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3...aka: 45 minutes
- dylangaine, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2your lunch on the floor in 45 seconds
- omenmedia, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2I think you mean this story:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,230899 ... - VinnieDaMac, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2*hate
- kazamx, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3on the other hand, its a dam good start.
- Privil3g3, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2"Smithers, I've designed a new plane. I call it the Spruce Moose, and it will carry 200 passengers from the New York’s idle-wild airport to the Belgium Congo in 17 minutes!"
"...get in" - BlackJackJester, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2reddit sucks
- bigbchew, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3Here here, I thought the same when they 'retired' the Concorde. What company would ever want to suppress better technology to have it available only for the super-rich? Clearly not companies interested in making money...
I suppose our government overlords see traveling across continents in - jgzman, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Many things were sci-fi before they were real.
Automatic Doors
Spaceflight
Personal Wireless 'Communicators' (Beam me up, Scotty) - shaundee, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3Bring it on Branso
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