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  1. #ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

    Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

    It's orbit or GTFO.

    #orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

  2. #ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

    Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

    It's orbit or GTFO.

    #orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

  3. #ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

    Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

    It's orbit or GTFO.

    #orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

  4. #ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

    Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

    It's orbit or GTFO.

    #orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

  5. #ArsTechnica says "The suborbital space tourism industry is on life support".

    Well, duh. Some ridiculously high price for 7 minutes of microgravity (or whatever) is bullshit. You don't even reach the Kármán line (100 km)! They redefined some other threshold at 80 km just so you could say you went to space. Hint: if you have to redefine a common, long-agreed term, you're not adhering to the letter or the spirit of the law/guideline.

    It's orbit or GTFO.

    #orbit #suborbital #SpaceTourism #GTFO #KármánLine #VirginGalactic #BlueOrigin

  6. CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test

    HELSINKI — Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #CASSpace #China #Science #SN #suborbital
    newsbeep.com/us/408218/

  7. CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test

    HELSINKI — Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #CASSpace #China #Science #SN #suborbital
    newsbeep.com/us/408218/

  8. CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test

    HELSINKI — Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #CASSpace #China #Science #SN #suborbital
    newsbeep.com/au/413999/

  9. Altitude alone isn't a sensible way to define an #astronaut. Flying on a commercial airliner ✈️ does not make you an aviator. Riding in a ferry ⛴️ does not make you a mariner. Stepping into a #rocket 🚀 is an insufficient condition for #astronaut wings.
    Orbital #tourism must reach #orbital speeds of approximately 28,000 km per hour. Orbital tourists spend more time in Space 🌌 and travel farther from Earth cambridge.org/core/books/who-o

    #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #suborbital #SpaceTourism

  10. Altitude alone isn't a sensible way to define an #astronaut. Flying on a commercial airliner ✈️ does not make you an aviator. Riding in a ferry ⛴️ does not make you a mariner. Stepping into a #rocket 🚀 is an insufficient condition for #astronaut wings.
    Orbital #tourism must reach #orbital speeds of approximately 28,000 km per hour. Orbital tourists spend more time in Space 🌌 and travel farther from Earth cambridge.org/core/books/who-o

    #BlueOrigin #NewShepard #suborbital #SpaceTourism

  11. "Everybody’s going to know if you paid to be a passenger on a five-minute #suborbital flight or if you’re the commander of an interplanetary #space vehicle.”

    100 kilometers is how the Swiss-based World Air Sports Federation defines the #Kármán line.

    Experiencing #weightlessness has little to do with altitude. It's a minutes-long version of the sensation people experience when they reach the peak of a big roller-coaster 🎢 hill

    edition.cnn.com/2025/04/13/sci

    #NewShepard #SpaceTourism

  12. The German government supports a mobile satellite launch plan in the North Sea.

    The German Ministry of Transport has approved €870,000 for a planned offshore spaceport.

    This will enable the German Offshore Spaceport Alliance (GOSA) to develop a “holistic” solution for the spaceport for primarily commercial orbital and suborbital launches by the end of September.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250213

    #Germany #NorthSea #Space #Spaceport #Satellite #Orbital #Suborbital #Rocket #Rockets

  13. 🇨🇳 #DeepBlue Aerospace is selling the first two #suborbital tickets 📅 Oct. 24, will officially start suborbital travel commercialization in 📅 2027 spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue

    #SpaceTourism #China

  14. Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin space venture launches a new #NewShepard rocket ship on an uncrewed certification flight in preparation for boosting its capacity to send customers on #suborbital #space trips. A dozen payloads were flown, including a set of mini-monoliths for a premium edition of "2001: A Space Odyssey." geekwire.com/2024/blue-origin- #2001

  15. @marcushouse 🇳🇿 It really feels like the end of an era with #SpaceX's #Suborbital pad B being ripped apart.

    The final static fire of a ship at the Gateway to Mars huh?

    This has been a colossal week!
    🚀Check it! 🔥

    youtu.be/CBHEIEEv1pA

  16. @marcushouse 🇳🇿

    It really feels like the end of an era with #SpaceX's #Suborbital pad B being ripped apart.

    The final static fire of a ship at the Gateway to Mars huh?

    This has been a colossal week!
    🚀Check it! 🔥

    youtu.be/CBHEIEEv1pA

  17. Ve Fediverse mi chybí spousta zajímavých věcí, které sleduju léta. Například věční garážoví stavitelé raket Copenhagen Suborbitals...
    youtube.com/watch?v=yJvwOEJnbs
    #amateur #rocket #aerospace #suborbital

  18. Excited for the second Virgin Galactic space flight in an hour and the first open to paying members of the public. Wondering how the technologies work, what it feels like to go to the edge of space, and what your rights as a passenger are?

    Here's my @eveningstandard piece with insights from Luigi Scatteia of PwC 🚀🌍:
    standard.co.uk/tech/virgin-gal

    #VirginGalactic #spaceflight #suborbital #edgeofspace #astronaut #spaceindustry #technology

  19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SaxaVord #Spaceport : The first lift-off will be a #SubOrbital #rocket 🚀 made by #HyImpulse 🇩🇪, expected around 📆 October 2023. In 📆 April 2024, #RocketFactory aims to achieve the first-ever #orbital #satellite 🛰️ launch from a #LaunchPad called Fredo.

    #SaxaVord will build a total of five #LaunchPads, with the site able to take #rockets up to 35 metres long 📏. heraldscotland.com/news/236113

    Picture : #Latitude Test Zone at SaxaVord Spaceport commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

  20. #NorthKorea on Dec 18 launched a small #Scud-class #suborbital #rocket from its Sohae space centre to an apogee of 500 km carrying a test payload for its planned #reconnaissance satellite. In the past it looks like they have had problems getting data back from their test satellites, so testing the payload & comm links on a short range test in view of the space centre makes sense: post.news/article/2J6bGVfLakWG (and see also nknews.org/2022/12/10-years-af for context).