gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Space -  Shuttle)
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He's not just a rich geek, he has fun being a rich geek. Today, Virgin Galactic unveiled SpaceShipTwo and Mothership, the system that will carry paying passengers up to sub-orbit for 4.5 minutes of bliss.

But Branson is the billionaire geek he is today because doesn't miss a detail. Like, say nose art for the space ship! A bubble helmet! She's wearing a frigging bubble helmet! [livejournal.com profile] filkertom says it best.

I want a bubble helmet matting down my hair,
The ground giving way to the open air,
The joy and wonder as I head out there,
And I know I can have it, if I only dare.

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide,
Nothing worth doing that I haven't tried.
There ain't no living on planet-side,
Come on with me, baby, on a rocket ride.

Date: 24 Jan 2008 01:40 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arib.livejournal.com
Once it becomes affordable to the public, and something that won't freak my wife out horribly, sign me up. :-)

(I probably shouldn't have mentioned my desire to go into space right after Aliza watched Apollo 13 for the first time...)

Date: 24 Jan 2008 02:02 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com
Very cool

Date: 24 Jan 2008 17:00 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notthebuddha.livejournal.com
She's wearing a frigging bubble helmet!

...with a pony tail lock, no less!

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