thursday 1 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 This baby will take paying passengers into the stratosphere, to near space. Just a few years away, If I'm still alive, I'm in. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 but why would you want to? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver but why would you want to? So thursday can look down upon his kingdom of slaves. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I wouldn't mind riding a balloon and have a really long freefall watching earth. A skydiving dream... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Originally Posted By: RobBright Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver but why would you want to? So thursday can look down upon his kingdom of slaves. isn't his Ivory Tower tall enough?? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 stop this. It gets old very fast. You turds. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Originally Posted By: RobBright Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver but why would you want to? So thursday can look down upon his kingdom of slaves. isn't his Ivory Tower tall enough?? Appraently he's getting an extension due to the tower in Dubai being taller than his. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I'm not very impressed by space air traffic control there. Is it powered by British engineering? Or is it French and they're on strike? Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Is there economy / business / first class? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I wont be on the first few flights - that's for sure. Too much risk of being Crash Test Dummy's. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Beef or fish? No, I don't think I'm interested. What tourist spots are there in space anyway!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 If there's no snow at the end of the ride, I'm not going. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Or a McDs. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Originally Posted By: pie-eater What tourist spots are there in space anyway!!! Uranus. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Whoah, no thanks! The idea does not appeal to me one little bit. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 What's wrong with Uranus? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 its green with lots of craters apparently Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 volcanic eruptions of brown sludge. Sometimes regularly, sometimes not. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Not going anywhere if you can't go outside. Link to post Share on other sites
loaf of bread 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 No planes then Jynxx? As for space travel. I don't think I'll be going up there. Have they released a price list? Are free drinks included? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Yeah, loaf. It's not fun when I don't jump out. I haven't counted how many times total I caught the plane, but I sure did jump out of them 500 times. like I said, if there's a balloon ride up to the stratosphere I wouldn't mind going skydiving (if sponsored). Once I thought about going skydiving at Mt. Everest. $20G for a jump. Bit expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Share Posted October 15, 2010 you know theres a frozen skydiver up there don't you. He descends to a certain altitude and then gets wuffed up again on air currents. He's been at it for years. Airforce piolts have reported it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Jynxx have you seen this before?? It looks mental!! Fancy a shot of this? Link to post Share on other sites
BillTheBinMan 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Wow Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Here in Germany, a lot of youtube stuff with music copyright gets censored and not available for viewing. Nazis and Chinese are not so different .. Anyways, no mate, it's something I missed out doing. The bird-man suits costs around $1000- and adds some complication. But you get a long flight out of it. I'm lightweight and can outfly most people in distance, so probably that was a reason I didn't rush to do it. We call it tracking. Sometimes we went for a tracking flock dive, the leader is called "rabbit" and flyz on his back. We try and fly with him in a delta formation. Most people associate skydiving as "free fall". I see it as "body flight". For some skydivers a parachute is a thing to get them safely down to the ground. For others, it's a wing to fly and swoop down to the ground. There are interesting things you can do in this sports, what ever takes your fancy. I also missed out on skysurfing. The biggest challenge is: who will be the first, under what situation, and what design, would fly and land this (without deploying a parachute). It is easy to assume somewhere on powder snow, at a steep angle relatively similar to that created by the flight ratio. (horizontal distance gained to vertical drop) Link to post Share on other sites
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