SpaceShip Two to be Revealed Tonight

[Orbinaut Pete]

BBC News: Roll-out for Richard Branson's spaceliner.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400353.stm

 

[Unstung]

Hm, six minutes of weightlessness. But, I bet it's going to really improve within the next few decades and become cheaper.

 

[reekchaa]

...those guys think you're sooooo happy.

 

[Urwumpe]

...those guys think you're sooooo happy.

And we all know what they had been talking about...



Did you hear about Eddie Hicks?

Hypothermia's a *****. It ain't quick like a stroke.

A stroke's no damn good; you could end up a vegetable!

You know what Jacob said. Jacob said that old Billy Henchel was killed in a car crash. Head on collision with a freight truck. Cleared his car straight over the bridge into the Mississippi.

Lucky bastard.

You bet.

Hey, how is he anyway?

He's dead! Died on impact!

Jacob, moron. Jacob!

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Wasn't SS2-1 supposed to be the V.S.S. Enterprise? I can't find a reference in any of the recent news articles to the name.

 

[Chupacabra]

@Zatnikitelman: Yes, it is referenced in the third paragraph of this page.

 

[Andy44]

So this will be the first winged craft named Enterprise to enter space and return to a runway. Nice tribute to OV-101.

 

[Hielor]

So this will be the first winged craft named Enterprise to enter space and return to a runway. Nice tribute to OV-101.

I don't think that's what the reference is to, directly

 

[Arrowstar]

I don't think that's what the reference is to, directly

Eh, Kirk's Enterprise or Haise's Enterprise, I still think it's a fitting name. I choose to reference it to both.

 

[agentgonzo]

Eh, Kirk's Enterprise or Haise's Enterprise, I still think it's a fitting name. I choose to reference it to both.

OV-101 originally planned to be named Constitution. However, a write-in campaign caused it to be renamed after the Starship Enterprise(source)

 

[Urwumpe]

OV-101 originally planned to be named Constitution. However, a write-in campaign caused it to be renamed after the Starship Enterprise(source)

Yeah, which shows that Star Trek Fans are not that smart... Imagine Enterprise docking to Alpha...

 

[Ghostrider]

Imagine Enterprise docking to Alpha...

Been there and done that: it's called "Fan Fiction Crossover".

 

[Chupacabra]

Here is a low-resolution film of the rollout. It seems like it would have been fun to go to. (And cold! )