Jeff Foust,

This doesn’t pertain to this post but wasn’t sure how else to tell you…

Bigelow Aerospace had a huge success with the launch and orbit of Genesis 2 on June 28th. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19492876/

And…

There is an article on MSNBC regarding Virgin Galatic… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19586656/ regarding the interest that has yet to slow down. Even though the spacecraft has yet to be unveiled… Even though customers have no idea what it will look like, when they will find out, when their flight will actually be… And despite the lack of any significant advertising (that I’ve noticed outside of my favorite space websites that the normal person doesn’t frequent)… Despite all this… Interest and deposits have not slowed down. VERY good sign.

On page two… The journalist writes “Space travelers will then be rocketed to around 360,000 feet (109,728 meters) in altitude, some 68 miles (109 kilometers) high. The pilots will glide the spaceship at just over stall speed to allow maximum time, around 30 minutes, for passengers to press their faces against large windows that offer a view of more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) in any direction.”

This is a rather dubious statement consider the lack of atmosphere at 360,000ft to “glide just over stall speed.” I would also think that the 30 minutes assertion is just a LITTLE off. 6 or 7 minutes seems to be best average any journalist has reported.

What do you make of this Jeff? Are journalists ignorant, lazy (in their research) or full of S**T? Perhaps you could make a post about both of these items and share your thoughts?

~Peter