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  • #2
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I'd love to be a space cadet one day


  • #3
    Giselle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    I'd do it in a heartbeat, although not one way. :)


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    you can fly with the Russians for €19,000 or less
    http://www.flymigsokol.com/flights/space_program

    Flight Duration
    Aerobatics trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    25 minutes EUR 11,800
    45 minutes EUR 14,100
    Aerobatic + Edge of Space trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 17,000
    Suborbital Space Training trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 19,000


  • #5
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    I would be up for it too. Here's James May when he went to the edge of Space http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D2MhQWVsZeU


  • #6
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    you can fly with the Russians for €19,000 or less
    http://www.flymigsokol.com/flights/space_program

    Flight Duration
    Aerobatics trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    25 minutes EUR 11,800
    45 minutes EUR 14,100
    Aerobatic + Edge of Space trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 17,000
    Suborbital Space Training trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 19,000

    "During the flight you will fly to the altitude of 21-22 km"

    That ain't space


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  • #7
    nokia69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭nokia69


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    "During the flight you will fly to the altitude of 21-22 km"

    That ain't space

    and some might say that the virgingalatic is not space

    a suborbital flight is pointless IMO


  • #8
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    "During the flight you will fly to the altitude of 21-22 km"

    That ain't space
    And the 5 minutes of weightlessness you get from Virgin Atlantic is ?

    Just a matter of degree where you draw the line between sub orbital parabolic flights


  • #9
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    And the 5 minutes of weightlessness you get from Virgin Atlantic is ?

    Just a matter of degree where you draw the line between sub orbital parabolic flights

    100KM is where space begins by most peoples standards, 22km is twice as high as a plane afaik not space.

    Still cool though and a lot cheaper.

    Orbital flight is a bit off for most people in fairness.


  • #10
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    Also boards.ie has a lifehacking forum!?!


  • #11
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    Not for me. I hate airline food.


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  • #12
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Keno 92 wrote: »
    Not for me. I hate airline food.

    what about space cakes though?


  • #13
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Lollers wrote: »
    Who would you send on it one way ?

    Can I get a one way ticket for them? A few one way tickets I'd need.


  • #14
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,795 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    you can fly with the Russians for €19,000 or less
    http://www.flymigsokol.com/flights/space_program

    Flight Duration
    Aerobatics trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    25 minutes EUR 11,800
    45 minutes EUR 14,100
    Aerobatic + Edge of Space trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 17,000
    Suborbital Space Training trip in MiG-29 via Nizhny Novgood (3 days)
    45 minutes EUR 19,000

    Would love to mess around with a Mig. Probably ending up hitting the eject button at suborbital height.


  • #15
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    squod wrote: »
    Can I get a one way ticket for them? A few one way tickets I'd need.
    That's the problem with sub orbital , return tickets are much cheaper than singles

    AFAIK it's about €30 million for a single


  • #16
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    can wait for the Ryanair version


  • #17
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    For me 'space' is when you can see the whole of the earth in one window.


  • #18
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Nulty wrote: »
    For me 'space' is when you can see the whole of the earth in one window.
    In that case humans haven't been in space since 1972


  • #19
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Here's footage of its first take off from Mojave.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9-sTDhJ58


  • #20
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120622-space-a-travel-guide

    BBC comparison of the various offers


  • #21
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120622-space-a-travel-guide

    BBC comparison of the various offers

    It's important to shop around in these recessionary times.
    I believe you can 3% cashback on spacecheese.com


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  • #22
    MaxSteele
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭MaxSteele


    I reckon we should have a national fundraiser just to get Karl Pilkington a seat on that flight.

    An Idiot in Space :D


  • #23
    qwerty93
    Closed Accounts Posts: 221 ✭✭qwerty93


    danniemcq wrote: »
    what about space cakes though?

    Moon Pie...What a time to be alive


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