Can Virgin Galactic Compete With SpaceX?
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2020
- As modern airliners have developed, major advancements in speed and range have become harder to achieve. Space companies Virgin Galactic and SpaceX are looking to use rockets to revolutionize the air travel industry and cut flight times massively. This video looks at how these two companies are approaching the idea and which one is more likely to succeed.
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To be fair, the space shuttles alone accounted for 14 of those deaths. They really pushed the risk factor way up.
true, I was thinking the same thing. And I know 17 astronauts who died, Apollo 1 killed 3 and Space Shuttle Columbia killed 7 and Space Shuttle Challenger killed 7
Most were American too
@@nczioox1116 because NASA had such ambitious plans they forgot about safety
yeah and then the rest was apollo missions
@Anonymous oh shit, really. good to know
*_Elon Musk just entered the chat_*
Lol nice to see you collaborating with Isaac Arthur
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Hi Elon. How is the intercontinental Electric VTOL passanger plane doing?
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*Elon musk is typing...*
Because many astronauts go up multiple times, the death to astronaut ratio doesn't seem congruent to the death to passenger ratio.
you think space passengers will use this means of transport only once in their lives?
@@Y.M... the passenger ratio includes repeat flyers and the astronaut one did not.
@@Y.M... It's definitely not that safe, but it's still safer than what the video has shown
@@Y.M... That's the point, most astronauts don't go to space only once. The shuttle flew 135 missions, soyuz spacecraft have flown 140, the chinese Shenzhou has had 11 flights, Crew Dragon has had a successful flight, there were the Apollo, Gemini, Mercury, Voskhod, Vostok programs all of which had many successes. So while 1 in 32 astronauts have died in the pursuit of spaceflight, these missions which have carried many passengers mean that a far smaller ratio of passengers have died.
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As elon musk says, “Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.”
Maybe one day space travel will make walking obsolete
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"In order to achieve this goal , both of these companies will need to hire people like you"
I hope not! they will never succeed 😂
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Ikr they better not hire me also 😂
Great video and the ads was so smoothh ahaha
That’ll be an amazing view!!
To me the future is in intercontinental Electric VTOL jets.
Interesting comment about the jet lag. That will be something.
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What do you think of the idea of Virgin Orbit merging or taking over Stratolaunch and its vehicles. Using Talon-A as a experimental airplane to test materials for hypersonic flight. Then eventually licensing or buying Reaction Engines Sabre engines to build a new single stage to orbit space plane? Stratolaunch carrier aircraft plane can be use as a replacement for the 747 or even a larger version of SpaceShipTwo
I can't really see point-to-point suborbital travel taking off as a major means of transportation, versus tourist flights. The sound and safety concerns limit you to essentially trans-oceanic flights (since you have to launch from and land on sea platforms kilometers off the coast), and it's hard to even get supersonic air transport going on such routes because business class nowadays includes stuff like in-flight internet and fully reclining seats (meaning you can time your flights so that you sleep during the duration and be at your destination ready to go in the morning). The need for fast-as-possible air travel isn't really there anymore for the people who would be mostly likely to purchase it (business travelers).
What you miss however is that the need for sleep is no longer needed as you could adequately rest at your destination or before you embark for your journey, further more things like Internet could still be provided by services such as starlink which uses satellites and thus can be used even in orbit, food and other minor amenities needed on planes wouldn't be needed because trips will be taken in less than an hour, think of it as a space uber if you will. I also believe that once it is cost effective any smart business person would pick faster travel than luxurious travel, and who is to say there won't be luxurious travel with rockets. Technology is ever advancing
This is exciting!
Virgin galactic cannot compete with SpaceX because they are virgins
Newton was virgin too
Shit joke
Cringe
Correction. Virgin galactic is planning to build a new plane for point to point travel it will operate as a private jet and can land and take off at any airport.
Best video ever
It's a question of when.
I can be a rocket engineer using brilliant? That's it? Cool, I'm in! :)
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What about Concorde-style supersonic airliners?
boom technology google it
Several new companies are developing low boom supersonic aircraft.
Still much much slower than an orbital velocity space craft and being much more expensive than an airliner for what is acctually not a huge reduction in time
Random youtube channel: could virgin galactic beat space x?
Space x: that's cute!
They could beat them to the first point to point travel system
@@rundownpear2601 yeah maybe but by that time Mars would properly be colonised though 😜
MASTER OF GAMING yeah but Virginia isn’t trying to colonize Mars. Also starship Mars landings were just pushed back until the late esrly 2030s rather than his original 2024 goal
@@rundownpear2601 yeah i understand dude
They are different animal..
go space x 👌 this is fascinating
I really like how virgin mobile is doing their space flight, seems like it would take a lot less fuel
Until their ticket prices and safety risks go wayyyyy down you won’t see too many people wanting to travel this way.
Similar to our advancement in the aircraft itself I feel like we are waiting for another invention to further advance mankind travel. I hope I see it in my time 👍🏻
Did anyone noticed he changed the title of the video
It's good that they're thinking about travel time but I it's not a good idea for the passengers
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IMO we should be investing in high speed trains. Maglift inside a vacuum tunnel could go fast
I think our airlines like Boeing and Airbus could develop planes that could do this travel much cheaper. This is not a new idea. It has been around for a while. This is much more in line with them rather than space travel companies. A plane that can take off from a standard airport, fly and land at any airport on earth. Planes can be built for this.
I wish there was high speed mono rails like the ones in Japan all over the world
main problem is cost, there so expensive due to the superconductors used so its not efficient to build long range maglev trains, bullet trains and standard high speed railways like there is in the UK work fine for most countries, the only place it would make economical sense to construct maglevs would be across huge countries like the US
ABritishGuy That's why I said wish not why
Ironically monorails in Japan are slower than any average train, with top speed 80km/h, but on average 45km/h.
What you thought probably is Shinkansen - bullet trains, which are 320km/h. The average speed actually depends on how many stops it is making. For example Nozomi is the fastest, since it stops only at a very few major stations, Kodama is the exact same N700 series, but stops at every station, so it takes 3-4 times longer depending on a destination.
Currently Japan is building 500km/h Maglev from Tokyo to Nagoya to Osaka, but if you build the current N700 track as straight and same 5-6 stops, you win like 20-30 minutes at best. The tickets for the bullet train cost as much as an airplane tickets, the only difference is you skip on customs, waiting at the airport and you arrive conveniently at the very center of the city. Also you can hop off at any station you want.
I'd love to have those across the Europe, coz it's either flight or bus. And neither are not even close to be as good as Shinkansen.
Does anybody really need to get to Europe so fast? Secondly, you still have to travel to a spaceport or airport at either end so add that to the travel time and expense of the commute, IMO.
There are businessman who would rather fly through space than cross the ocean in a small space for 10 hours
While this video was well made I feel as if this is an unfair comparison. Comparing astronaut deaths and aircraft deaths is not fair or reasonable. Also, this title is a bit misleading. Virgin Galactic and SpaceX have very different goals. While both are pursuing point to point transport, their main goals are not point to point transport. SpaceX is persuing interplanetary travel and Virgin Galactic is persuing suborbital space tourism. Their spacecraft are designed for different uses and cannot be compared. Starship is on a whole other level than SpaceShipTwo.
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He didnt answer his clickbait title..
I mean he's comparing SpaceX to Virgin Galactic.
the Virgin Galactic
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the Chad SpaceX
No, and it's not meant to. Elon went over this already. SpaceX is orbital, Virgin Galactic is Sub Orbital
This video was uncharacteristically not very well thought out I'm sorry
Why? Also at least he made a video huh?
@@corrick4339 when scientific papers are submitted for peer review, they aren't published just because they "put in their best effort" thats not how that works
@@RiptideRoach of course, but this is a youtube channel and I don't expect it to be professional. He makes this videos based on the information we have, which really isn't enough to make judgements on what processes will occur in the future. SpaceX has proven to be a very innovative and aspirational company, so who knows what the future holds
What do you find not well thought out?
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Blue Origin: Da fuks goin on ova der?
There litterally ten years behind lol
Competition is good, unfortunately this is not substantial competition.
This is more realistic and plausible than hyperloop....
Its actually a kind of similar concept too, travel in a vacuum = way less drag and way quicker
But instead of making a vacuum on earth, which is really hard, just use space
@@corrick4339 but in hyperloop we will be maintained a huge tube which is vacuum... Really hard and costly.
@@corrick4339 making vacuum on earth using tubes are possible but very expensive. So yes this approach of space travel is way cheaper than hyperloop
@@bhuvaneshs.k638 yeah especially a vacuum so large
I love looking at this stuff and thinking what the fuck is the Military using then lol
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Yeah u overlooked a ton of stuff mainly that the Spaceship2 isn’t what virgin is planning on using for point to point
What is?
I believe they will use that to test the principles at some point, probably by removing seats and adding more fuel tanks.
SPCE will not beat SpaceX, but it can take a place in the top five in this category for the next century
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Epic 👌
0:56 but it will cost expensive
Unfortunately I pee ten times per hour, sooo
space x is just phenomenal
They will never even be close
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They're not competing-very different business plan and goals.
Virgin Galactic will probably win this over SpaceX but SpaceX will win in tourism to the moon and Mars.
If society learns of what's already possible, corporations would be burned to the ground.
One cannot compare them in this way, as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are in two completely different markets. Musk is firmly adhered to the Federal government and NASA; while Sir Richard recently partnered VG with Rolls Royce to develop a new hybrid jet engine. My guess is VG is working on expanding their commercial presence with a new Concorde. If you know Sir Richard, you know that's exactly the kind of luxury venture he would be involved with.
Virgin Orbit will need plenty of Federal government contracts to keep going. Virgin Galactic is now a airframe builder. They are actually working a Mach three air craft but that the size of a private jet not concord.
Virgin Orbit/Virgin Galactic are actually on a different technological path to Space. One that I believe will eventually get them involve with Reaction Engines an their Sabre rockets by the 2030s. An one I believe could make them leap ahead of Space X in the longer term, in 20 years.
Especially if they continue to build their alliance with Rolls Royce and nuclear propulsion. An I do think Branson intend to set up and do a lot of development work in the UK in the longer term. US to crowded he can make a bigger name for himself in space in the UK.
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In my opinion, suborbital spaceflight for common citizens should be left to a different company that can specialize in it and put all of it's resources into it. I think SpaceX should stick to their goal of making humans an interplanetary species rather than worry about sending people to New York.
Would love to see them try
mattyboy37d haha me to
Can Virgin Galactic compete with NASA and associates?
That is the right question.
Could Virgin Galactic beat SpaceX into commercial air travel? I don't think SpaceX cares, so why should we? Their main focus is going to the Moon and Mars (they've already put people in space!) while VG's is just making their systems work, something they have yet to accomplish.
If VG wants to play, yes VG can win even in rockets. People seem to ignore who Whiteside is and think elon is 1000 times smarter than Einstein.
People who ship spacex are not speaking for future, but speaking for present, just like a news reporter
beautiful VIRGIN. go ahead!
the next will be Chad Galactic
Im hère in 20 min 😂😂😂
Nothing can stop SpaceX aka Chad Galactic.
lol no, they are so behind
Doesn't mean it wont ever be possible though
We live in the future !
Virgin Galactic vs Chad SpaceX
What about energy consumption and CO2 emissions? I guess using a starship consumes even more fuel than a regular airplane??
dependes, idk, starship uses methane, airplanes use kerosene, keroseene is way worse but starship carries more of it
This amount of emissions dont matter🤦🏿♂️
The methane is made from CO2 in the atmosphere so it will be near carbon neutral for the fuel. Even the power they use in their fuel farms comes from solar panels and wind turbines so it is acctually very green
@@gyulapetri4021 Oh yes they do. Airlines emit 10 billion tonnes of CO2 per year, which is about 10% of global emissions
@@UmbraHand but i wrote this about starship
**Well who agrees even if such a thing happens we gonna take a traditional modern plae?**
To Australia, no way if it this available at the same price point or lower.
VG has two years to get ahead to a point that SpaceX consider to purchase it.!
Otherwise, VG would be irrelevant when Elon decides to launch his plan to disrupt Air travel.
Why would Space X purchase VG/VO when both are working a different technology pathway.
with a ssto spaceplane
i mean virgin galactic flight or a house on mars
Thank you for bringing up some of the issues. No one really talks about the severe weather restrictions for launch and landing as well as the hour+ boat ride on each end of the journey. Personally, I highly doubt regularly occurring passenger starship travel point to point will ever be a reality, there are too many logistical issues with weather, hardware issues resulting in scrubs. Efficient airplanes will be with us for many years to come.
Why changed the title from "Could Virgin Galactic Beat SpaceX" to "Could Space Travel Replace Air Travel"? Just curious.
So many UA-camr do this nowadays, I wish I knew why
One would clearly get more views then the other
And now changed to "The Future Of Space Travel" with thumbnail image changed.
4:20 this will not be a big deal. human body is extremely resilient
Virgin Galactic: uses a glorified airplane.
SpaceX: uses a long cylinder that becomes stiff when it's pressurized.
I think it's obvious why one of them is still a virgin...
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oh hell naah
VIRGIN GALACTIC
Other title is: can Virgin galáctic win against Chad spacex
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I don’t see what is in common between the two companies, they are totally different from each other.
Virgin Galactic vs CHAD SpaceX
I don't think Virgin Galactic has enough fuel for round the world travel.
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Hey if you live high up you have shorter days come winter. So plenty of us are used to the sun setting not long after it rises. Thats why alcohol was invented!
No!
The lines about jetlag are straight up speculative and not backed by anything.
"Likely to intensify jetlag" yeah says who exactly? Feels like you just wrote this from your head
No he wrote it with his hand
Honestly I can't see how the Starship in it's current design can come anywhere near being a threat to regular air travel. Firstly rockets for the time being are FAR more unsafe than aircraft, but that will likely improve once the technology is perfected (as with the early days of aviation) but that also means we will likely see accidents that could result in the complete loss of the passengers and ship. And when rockets go wrong, the go WRONG. They're basically bombs that exploded slow enough to propel you upwards. This is why any spaceport will be VERY far from any nearby inhabited areas, which will make getting to a spaceport as inconvenient as getting to a major airport far from a city. You also need to consider the noise being generated by a launch. No one in their right mind will want to live near a spaceport with multiple launches a day. As a matter of fact, because planes are getting SO quiet, airports are actually moving CLOSER to cities, or entire new cities are being built around new airports.
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Weather is also a BIG issue when it comes to rockets. Planes are FAR more tolerant when it comes to flying in poor weather than rockets, and planes have the option to divert to a multitude of aiports if anything goes wrong, be it weather related or mechanically related. At the start of spaceplane travel, there won't be many places a spaceplane could divert too, and we will likely never see as many spaceports as there air airports once the technology matures.
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Then comes fueling. It takes a LONG time to fuel up a rocket, and if for any reason a launch is delayed or cancelled (say poor weather at the destination), de-fueling the rocket is a risky, albeit normal procedure that will take a long time to complete too. During that period of time the passengers will be stuck inside the flying bomb waiting for it to be emptied before leaving, so it kind of isn't any better than waiting at a tarmac for takeoff clearance.
good points, elon is looking to build the launch barges ~20 miles out to sea which isnt to far, and with it being in the ocean they can use huge deluge systems for sound and shock dampening, weather on the other hand isnt as big a problem for starship, when fully fuelled the rocket is extremely heavy and and will have huge amounts of thrust the weather wont effect it as much as other rockets. as for fuelling they are working on it as we speak, they can load, detank, recycle and load again in about an hour and a half on SN6 which is much quicker than it was before on SN4 at about 2 and a half hours. but only time will tell what happens in the future.
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That's it.
Gateway
I all but forgot about virgin
Wait is this reuploaded?
i bet that wa jeff idea... hahhaha