Comments on: Spaceship Lands at San Francisco Airport https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spaceship-lands-at-san-francisco-airport/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spaceship-lands-at-san-francisco-airport/#comment-16562 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:42:31 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8410#comment-16562 In reply to Kelly Starks.

Please see post for 9 April. Vrigin Galactic is hiring spaceship pilots. Making it happen.

]]> By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spaceship-lands-at-san-francisco-airport/#comment-16441 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:05:08 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8410#comment-16441 Not as rosy for new folks as yuo might think. SpaceX was laying off a good fraction of its staff as of a couple months ago, and Scaled’s not involved in V.G. projects past SS2 (and given Rutan has sold out his nitrest to Northrup Grumman, which may be about to sell off much of its assets nicluding Scaled – who knows what Scaled will be doing soon).

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spaceship-lands-at-san-francisco-airport/#comment-16437 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:03:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8410#comment-16437 Even though the schedule has slipped for SpaceShipTwo, Virgin is still developing SpaceShipThree. I have this vision of going to SFO within the next decade and finding a Virgin Galactic flight to Sydney. Flight time:90 minutes.

I can only imagine that companies like Virgin, Scaled Composites, and Space X are flooded with applications from young engineers that want a piece of the action.

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