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Old 15-December-2007, 12:34 AM
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Cool Super Cool SpaceShipTwo video!

I don't know if this has been posted before, as the video is a bit old. But awesome never gets old. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlifr6EQNU
Go supersonic, float in weightlessness, see curvature of the Earth, wear spiffy red and white space suit...
I want to GO GALACTIC!
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Hmm, do they get to keep the suits afterwards?
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Hmm, do they get to keep the suits afterwards?
Yeah, I was wondering that, too. That could be a cool superhero costume.
Come on, bite me, you stupid radioactive spider!
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Too bad there's not a big "V" on the suit, so that they could call themselves
Virgin Man/Woman!!!

..okay maybe that's not cool.
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If a whole group got caught in a cosmic ray storm, they could be Team Galactic.
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If a whole group got caught in a cosmic ray storm, they could be Team Galactic.
Branson should use this as a selling feature.

VIRGIN GALACTIC
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I suppose I ought to point out that the video you've posted has been available on the Virgin Galactic website for a good couple of years now.

There's loads of other content there as well as more videos. It's well worth a look.
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I wonder what Branson would do with a team of superheroes?
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^ He'd give 'em a record contract.
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Every time I see that video, I can't help but think, "If that ain't something that a Bond villian would have, I don't know what is."
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Maybe this could be a comic... call Stan Lee!
So who would they fight against?
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So who would they fight against?

That would be ConspiratorTM and his ignorant minions!
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So who would they fight against?
That would be Conspirator and his ignorant minions!
And what powers would they have?
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