亿万富翁抢升空--布兰森或领先
日期:2021-07-13 15:37

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Billionaire Race: Branson Set to Be First to Visit Space

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British billionaire Richard Branson is set to launch into space on Sunday on a rocket plane built by the space tourism company he created.

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The 70-year-old Branson will join two pilots and three other "mission specialists" on the flight. Virgin Galactic -- the business Branson started in 2004 -- aims to fly private citizens to the edge of space. The trips are designed to permit passengers to experience three to four minutes of weightlessness and observe the curvature of Earth.

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Virgin Galactic's experience takes place in a space plane called VSS Unity. A large carrier airplane, called VMS Eve, carries the space plane to 15,000 meters and then releases it. VSS Unity then uses rocket power to fly to the edge of Earth's atmosphere.

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The trip will begin and end at Virgin Galactic's Spaceport America complex in the southwestern state of New Mexico. The flight is expected to carry the group to a height of about 89 kilometers.

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Virgin's mission marks the 22nd test flight of the spacecraft, and fourth crewed trip beyond Earth's atmosphere. But it will be the first to carry a full group of space travelers in addition to pilots.

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If successful, Sunday's flight will mean that Branson made it to space before Jeff Bezos -- the creator of rival space tourism company Blue Origin. About a month ago, Bezos announced his plans to be on his company's first human space flight.

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Bezos' flight is set to launch on July 20 from the company's launch center in West Texas. He will be joined by his brother, Mark, and two other guests.

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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches together with a self-piloted spacecraft that can carry up to six people. The spacecraft separates from the reusable rocket, which is designed to return to Earth and land in an upright position by itself.

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Much has been written about a race to space between the two billionaires. Branson had long stated his desire to fly aboard Virgin Galactic's space plane. His latest plans were made public shortly after Bezos made his announcement. However, Branson has said it was not his goal to beat Bezos to space.

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"It's honestly not a race," he recently told Reuters news agency. "If it's a race, it's a race to produce wonderful spaceships that can make many more people be able to access space. And I think that's both of our aims."

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Bezos has not commented publicly on Branson's upcoming flight.

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So far, more than 600 people have reserved seats with Virgin Galactic at a cost of $250,000 each. Blue Origin expects to announce prices and sell trips once Bezos flies.

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America's SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, also has a space tourism business, and has sold several seats on private space flights. But SpaceX has said its space tourism program aims to launch people into super high orbit – about 800 to 1,200 kilometers above Earth. The price for those trips is expected to be millions of dollars.

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Musk has stated his desire to one day ride into space on a company-built spaceship. He has not said when he might be ready to go.

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But Musk recently said on Twitter: "There is a big difference between reaching space and reaching orbit."

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亿万富翁抢升空:布兰森或领先

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英国亿万富翁理查德·布兰森(Richard Branson)将于周日搭乘他成立的太空旅游公司的火箭动力飞机升空,Zg3f0%9E!qq

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70岁的布兰森将和两名飞行员以及3名任务专家一起进行这次飞行xaAJtti.gl)C[9.GqlF7。布兰森于2004年成立的维珍银河公司旨在将普通公民送入太空边缘HlMrt89Ux79IGR]。这些旅行旨在让乘客体验3到4分钟的失重状态并观察地球的曲面[[6b~H3(HIf@4lkLG*_

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维珍银河公司的太空旅行发生在一架名为VSS Unity 的太空飞机上-2Lr8U)Nr~DiRJux8wl。一架名为VMS Eve的大型运载飞机将把这架太空飞机送到1.5万米的高空然后将其释放-Bx,WSKjFCazEW~M。然后VSS Unity使用火箭动力飞到地球大气层的边缘QfYwT|5iqBpWX+

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这次旅行将在维珍银河位于新墨西哥州西南部的美国太空港综合体开始和结束eqQ],gaDTl+e;T~tp。预计这次飞行将把这群游客送往约89公里的高空8WP5~*uic8|7Zbxv3wMd

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维珍的这次任务是这艘飞船的第22次试飞,以及第4次飞越地球大气层的载人飞行my#AwDhZ@d*F@]mQlE#。但是它将是首次满员搭载除飞行员以外的太空旅行者B)9MnEOT7!Jtg

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如果成功,周日的这次飞行将意味着布兰森比竞争对手“蓝色起源”太空旅游公司的创始人杰夫·贝佐斯更早升空%M^2sOefa;7wN。大约一个月前,贝佐斯宣布了参与自家公司首次载人航天飞行的计划]xWsn%-KoJjvr

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贝佐斯乘坐的飞船将于7月20日从该公司位于德克萨斯州西部的发射中心升空ZHcJ0,KBMZRWWY0q71。他的弟弟马克以及另外两名乘客将会加入这趟旅行@s1NnK_&%odN4VZM%

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蓝色起源公司的新谢泼德号火箭将与可搭载6名乘客的自动驾驶飞船一起发射dmq+-4QSc|ZdUIGUb#。这艘飞船将与可重复利用的火箭分离,火箭被设计为自行返回地球并垂直着陆4P7s#UvEz,pd

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关于这两位亿万富翁之间的太空竞赛早已传的沸沸扬扬ME6GIVfVS-(。布兰森一直以来都表示希望搭乘维珍银河的太空飞机飞行Cu4OepR%v.N6v。在贝佐斯宣布他的计划后不久,布兰森的最新计划就公开了FtxTG1eLGWn。然而,布兰森表示,他的目标不是抢先贝佐斯升空y=Qno0SrX&RvQ3vj8

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他对路透社表示:“老实说这不是一场竞赛sNaZmQZAimdF,LBP(~。如果真是一场竞赛,也是一场制造奇妙太空飞船让更多人能进入太空的比赛G9BtZ*.!ij),LD9rZZ。我认为这是我们共同的目标g;ttDr==;#。”

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贝佐斯尚未对布兰森即将开启的飞行公开置评Vq#dTI1Tqi+ghETq&

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到目前为止,已有600多人以每人25万美元的价格预定了维珍银河的舱位6_P4m,GO-CLYdn。蓝色起源公司预计,贝佐斯的飞行结束后会公布价格并出售太空旅行;BYFBy&Ur4

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由埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)领导的美国太空探索技术公司也在打造太空旅游业务,并已售出多个私人太空飞行的座位&WiScoL!s*~)CUr4yEr。但是太空探索技术公司曾表示,其太空旅游计划旨在将人们送入距地球800至1200公里的超高轨道B@i;kR%=.**^K7E。这些旅行的费用预计将达到数百万美元v7EX-kMw=-Aty!*[J

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马斯克表示,他希望有一天能够搭乘自家公司建造的宇宙飞船进入太空(%XSZXGNI7。他没有透露何时能准备就绪4#60n#4IvADp[*YRV

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但是马斯克最近在推特上表示:“进入太空和进入轨道的区别还是很大的h!D2Fc~iSu!Z5%I0。”

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