New Quantum dream story

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: New Quantum dream story

# 5676 byepibeemie@... on Oct. 4, 2004, 5:55 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

>well total success apparently on x prize flight,,,, whats to come now?

Richard Branson has ordered 5 5-passenger versions from Scaled Composites,
and SpaceDev is going to build their own 7-passenger version. So one thing
that is sure to come next is companies offering sub-orbital tourist flights,
for passengers and for whatever cargo or research packet market there is for
sub-orbital trajectories.

But I understand that SpaceShip One has zero chance of actually reaching
orbit, no matter how you modify it. So there will be a lot of
Back-to-the-Drawing-Board as folks ramp up for Bigelow's $50 million orbital
challenge. I propose this should be called the Y Prize. Remember, you
heard it here first.

BradW