The future is...what the heck is that?

[Null]

From what I understand, you'll need a pressure suit to survive the high altitude, so for all intents and purposes, it's in space. Granted, it's just in the upper tiers of atmosphere, but technically so's the International Space Station.

 

[@Li3n]

Violet Jessop, a White Star Line stewardess, survived the sinking of the Titanic and Britannic and was also aboard the Olympic when she collided with the Hawke.

In case someone didn't catch it, they where all in bad accidents which sank 2 out of 3 of that ship class...

 

[Dusty668]

And the second ship that sank was in service for 5 years, so first trip was not a factor. Also there's not that many icebergs in suborbital areas.

 

[@Li3n]

Fortunately space ships are less likely to be able to limp back to port after any collision, so i win anyway...

 

[Iaculus]

Fortunately space ships are less likely to be able to limp back to port after any collision, so i win anyway...

Congratulations! Your prize is a trip on the maiden voyage of the VSS Enterprise!

 

[sixpackshaker]

Is it going to be actual Zero-G, or simulated weightlessness like the Vomit Comet?

The weightlessness of orbital flight is mostly the same effect of the Vomit Comet. They are just falling with enough forward momentum to miss the Earth.

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Give Olympic a break, it was sunk by an act of war.

 

[RocketGirl]

:humph:
I want my space ships to look like this.

That's not even close.

Faugh! Gimme one of THESE:

 

[fade]

Is it going to be actual Zero-G, or simulated weightlessness like the Vomit Comet?

The weightlessness of orbital flight is mostly the same effect of the Vomit Comet. They are just falling with enough forward momentum to miss the Earth.

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Give Olympic a break, it was sunk by an act of war.[/QUOTE]

Yep. I don't think most people realize that orbit is just a fortuitous fall that just happens to overshoot the ground constantly. It's not like there's some invisible string tethering a satellite.

 

[@Li3n]

Give Olympic a break, it was sunk by an act of war.

I think that was the Britannic actually... the Olympic collided with a naval vessel but wasn't damaged enough to sink.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Ya, jumbled the sentence that I had read.

 

[@Li3n]

Fortunately space ships are less likely to be able to limp back to port after any collision, so i win anyway...

Congratulations! Your prize is a trip on the maiden voyage of the VSS Enterprise![/QUOTE]

Fiery death FTW...

 

[Dusty668]

When a ship sinks, you may not reach shore, but a suborbital, you are guaranteed to reach ground level eventually.

 

[ThatGrinningIdiot!]

When a ship sinks, you may not reach shore, but a suborbital, you are guaranteed to reach ground level eventually.

Perhaps as a disintegrated mass of particles?

 

[Hansagan]

:humph:
I want my space ships to look like this.

That's not even close.

Faugh! Gimme one of THESE:

[/QUOTE]

That looks like the Millennium Falcon trying to take a space 1999 Eagle roughly from behind

 

[Dusty668]

When a ship sinks, you may not reach shore, but a suborbital, you are guaranteed to reach ground level eventually.

Perhaps as a disintegrated mass of particles?[/QUOTE]

Well not every plan is perfect...

 

[North_Ranger]

That looks like the Millennium Falcon trying to take a space 1999 Eagle roughly from behind [/QUOTE]

"Transmit my designation, bitch!"

 

[@Li3n]

When a ship sinks, you may not reach shore, but a suborbital, you are guaranteed to reach ground level eventually.

Or sea level...

 

[Soliloquy]

Is it going to be actual Zero-G, or simulated weightlessness like the Vomit Comet?

The weightlessness of orbital flight is mostly the same effect of the Vomit Comet. They are just falling with enough forward momentum to miss the Earth.

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Give Olympic a break, it was sunk by an act of war.[/QUOTE]

Yep. I don't think most people realize that orbit is just a fortuitous fall that just happens to overshoot the ground constantly. It's not like there's some invisible string tethering a satellite.[/QUOTE]

After all, the secret to flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground, and miss.