First Virgin Galactic civilian spaceflight reaches space

Virgin Galactic launched its first spaceflight with civilians onboard, allowing the three passengers to experience weightlessness and giving them a view of Earth from altitude of about 53 miles.
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#VirginGalactic #Space #SpaceTourism

[@jaygeewin]

I’m surprised this didn’t get much media attention. THIS IS AWESOME!

[@WingoTribe704]

Cause it’s fake and they are still in the states like the moon landing

[@sebastiannolte1201]

@@WingoTribe704 So weird that people actually compare this with the moon landings. I guess you also say that the Concorde was fake, because, you know, the moon landings...

[@denver.d7030]

A plan only for the rich

[@Boitumelo789]

Because its lies

[@WingoTribe704]

@@Boitumelo789 lol we know they ain’t letting black ppl get those type of opportunities

[@daa4309]

After the Submarine fail a couple of months ago, I'm so glad this was a successful flight.

[@laram7396]

😂😂😂😂

[@ekojar3047]

It's arguably easier to go to space than see the Titanic though. And there is a lot more knowledge to pull from too

[@OsceolaNola7]

@@ekojar3047😂

[@davidmoak1219]

Doesn't really compare since the sub situation was just idiots trying to use a fisher price toy submarine for big boy things.

[@iamieldc]

Nah nah that was planned

[@dawn6658]

Way better than going 12,000 feet under the ocean

[@josetapia2109]

Was looking for a comment like this 😂lol! You’re completely right

[@reggiewest8975]

​@@josetapia2109stop it 😅

[@josetapia2109]

@@reggiewest8975 lol what

[@wandaharris3279]

Listen that was the first thing I thought about after praying everyone made it back safely to EARTH!!❤🙏🏽

[@koneeche]

And... cheaper, too! I think.

[@Jig1saw]

Imagine how this experience would humble our society in the US. When we come back to earth, the perspectives of life would be so different. 💜😊

[@ribblets17]

Flat earthers punching air rn

[@Wussel_Restbrook]

On god 😂😂😂

[@brandonbrown2051]

Them ppl still wouldn't believe if they we're there 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@embeddd]

@@brandonbrown2051 ITS A SCREEN I SWEAR1!!11!!!

[@brandonbrown2051]

@@embeddd why you say that?

[@embeddd]

@@brandonbrown2051 cus u said "Them ppl still wouldn't believe if they we're there "

[@HolySoopCoolers]

This was way cooler than I thought it would be.

[@codizel123]

they should take a group of flat earthers up in space and make a documentary about it.

[@aboucard93]

2:41 Imagine how awe inspiring space must be. I mean this girls face is glued to whatever she is seeing

[@digdug23]

If only they had actually made it into space

[@jjss2816]

Someone forgot to tell the reporter that going to space as a tourist doesn't make you an Astronaut. An Astronaut is a specialized job classified by having a "safety sensitive role in the mission". Buying a ticket to space does not make you one. Technically speaking the two pilots are, though. And they technically didn't go to space because they didn't pass the Karman line.

[@jessebetruckin1870]

Exactly, the reporters constantly claiming they've gone to space is silly, the didn't even touch the official line of space.

[@rohultima]

No, but they were within 7 miles of the 'official' line.

[@jessebetruckin1870]

@@rohultima True, still not space, or astronauts.

[@rohultima]

@@jessebetruckin1870 so what would you call them ? I don't have a good name for their adventures

[@jessebetruckin1870]

@rohultima How about, overpriced ultra high altitude plane enthusiasts.

[@tylercooper2311]

After that submarine I’m good

[@applejuicejunkie316]

I wonder how many people will liken this to that Titan sub. Humanity has to get off world eventually. I can't wait to play Starfield.

[@JayBrown-xs9ps]

Exactly, I'll let this get test run a little more before I sign up

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

Rather space than deep ocean

[@Brakdayton]

@@JayBrown-xs9psover a decade of testing my friend. But I understand your point.

[@climatepurification]

People with dreds don't do much on the surface of the planet, not realistic to expect them to do more in space.

[@deansmith4752]

Brought a tear to my eye, amazing accomplishment . Weightless = falling ....

[@noahs9220]

This is the first step of commercial space flight. As a soon to be aerospace engineer, I'm very proud of this achievement, and soon, hopefully, in the next decade, we would see more space flights across the solar system and beyond.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I sure hope so and we can see it happen. I would give anything to be one of these people.

[@AviationSe7en]

So, in the future is it possible for normal civilians to travel to different planets?

[@DvDPlaya]

The ocean will be boiling.

[@bobflemming100]

@@DvDPlaya😂

[@tylermartin7245]

Incredible that this is happening in my lifetime.

[@journey3227]

The look of awe😮 in the young ladies eyes 👀 says it all. Experience they will never forget 🎉❤. View from space, 🌎🌍 so beautiful ❤️. Get below the heavens, people and everything else is a hot mess.

[@lilnarm_smoothblaze]

It’s not fair 😂

[@godyboy252]

they were confirming if the earth is flat

[@user-fp7nl3ek8q]

you mean 150 miles not space we have never go to space we dont have that tecnolagy yet this is what nassa has sead more than once we hav gon 370 miles witch is not even close to space are atmosphier dose not end untill 5000 miles o yea the space shuttel that went to 370 tried to go to 400 but could not make it they got leathal doses of radeation that means that they died nassa has sead this more than once im only repeeting what nassa has sead more than once if you dont like this than take it up with nassa there are the ones that are lieing not me again im only saying what nassa has sead in public on record

[@journey3227]

Thanks for info. Earth 🌍🌎 still looks amazing and full of awe,

[@MaryJane-zw5pv]

i have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn, NY... would any of you intelligent folks like to buy it?🤦‍♀

[@AllSaintsGal]

Soooo awesome. Congratulations to Keisha and Ana! Such a historic moment for our country 🇦🇬🇦🇬🇦🇬🇦🇬

[@whitedsepuchre1326]

If thé plane had blown up you’d be playing the race card saying they were used just in case it didn’t work out.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

🇦🇬🚀 congrats

[@msunje9862]

@bringbackusernamesI don’t see the issue in being proud of that

[@franklinyoung]

Somebody jealous 😁

[@ALLforROME]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@adenzarate3970]

Technically first dreads in space too

[@brandonbrown2051]

Those are plats not dreads 😂

[@Narziss1]

🤢

[@Zemlynn]

I always dreamed of seeing the world in space. Sometimes in a space craft, most of the time just me floating out there, watching the world move. I hope I get to do this one day.

[@maxlang3027]

Same here

[@dionysus2006]

In the book "The Martian Way" by Isaac Asimov they go to Saturn to mine ice asteroids. On the way they go out in suits with about a km of umbilical just to relax and get out of the ship. Could you imagine seeing Saturn like that close up ?

[@lalabell2]

So they just floated in space ?

[@joshuam.6027]

@@lalabell2 yep, due to zero gravity baby!!

[@fabiofernandes9122]

not happening.

[@onanisland157]

This required a lot of guts (Perhaps payment) to take on any experimental maiden voyage to space. I can only imagine how nervous everyone inside.

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

It isn't experimental. It's been tested for almost 20 years.

[@MeerkatADV]

Stop calling it a space flight. It was 10 miles short of the Karman Line.

[@drstew1]

I can just hear the Flat earth community saying this is all CGI .They don’t like irrefutable evidence of earths actual shape 😂

[@DarkWizardGG]

Let them cry all day & let them insist thats still flat like their own chests. Lol😁😉😄😅😂😂😂

[@Ra3Ra3.702]

This is such an amazing step to civilian space flight, and that just makes me realize that it may soon be possible for us all to experience space. Something I've always dreamed of myself too.

[@UnrealSickness]

All the passengers are rich people lol

[@JustinYiseverywhere]

This is stupid it’s gonna another sub marine meme 😂😂😂

[@Simon_Electric]

​@@JustinYiseverywhereit's only stupid because you couldn't afford it. Quit being a hater it's not attractive.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? COE CPE Old People

[@Nina11967]

Absolutely magnificent 👏👏👏

[@maxxwellbeing9449]

What is the camera mounted to be able to see the exterior of the aircraft?

[@ReunionMediaGroup]

ALERT ALERT.....Thinker on KZbin......notify the authorities. All jokes aside. You see the chicanery that we put up with daily? No where real space...but the narrative says so, so we must all buy into it!

[@johncumbie5461]

🤷🏼‍♂️🙄

[@MrMa1981]

Just a camera mounted to be able to see the exterior of the aircraft.

[@midevilgrim3]

​@@MrMa1981it's black

[@Texas_Takeover]

@@MrMa1981 it was able to see the exterior of the aircraft by the way the camera was mounted

[@canales005]

i hope this is available for everyone in the future

[@user-sm2jj1pb8x]

Money can't buy happiness! Not anymore!!! This is priceless.

[@luisdaniel7027]

Still Money can’t buy happiness!!

[@kimstaples4170]

So proud of our country women and men 💝🇦🇬

[@mrmak7]

Which country is this?

[@Steven-tl8fs]

Being a passenger? Your country didn't build the spaceship.

[@Nubbley]

they arent in space, its not space flight. stop the cap NBC

[@justmanuel1]

Proof? 😂 Too bad this video alone ruins the flat earth nonsense. It's not even NBC's hand work 😂

[@vapenshred]

@@justmanuel1 LOL! You guys who iknow nothing about the subject say that about every single new video even when it's shows it completely Flat as did this one.

[@justmanuel1]

@@vapenshred Yeah it's completely flat but according to you though. No body says that, you guys are fond of making things up I give you that. How can you use your hand to type that every video from space shows flat earth? 1. Y'all don't even believe space exist. 2. How does it show flat when there is clearly a curve fish eye lens or not 3. Why are you making claims which are utterly false? Why?

[@Nubbley]

@@justmanuel1its high altitude flying. they dont even leave the atmosphere.

[@monkeyfootracing645]

This is the coolest space launch system. Loved it from the X-Prize days!! Wouldn't it be great to have a transfer station to receive people and cargo to then send to higher orbits. Could it be more efficient logistically than the ( also amazing )big multi stage rockets? Could this system actually reach a workable orbit altitude?

[@CGreciful]

No. They don't have enough escape velocity. This is an apogee flight. Not helpful for space cargo. Still freaking cool!

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@CGreciful THIS DESIGN doesn't, no. And not at this scale and angle of attack. But the platform is known to be perfectly viable and useful that hybridizing can cut certain categories of fuel waste (in return for more tradition JP-8) and blast damage of 1st stage vertical launch from a static pad. The concept is orbital insertion capable on ALBM missiles from strategic bombers, it was just not necessary.

[@siainvestigationsteam2713]

No ... dah

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Really, SpaceX Falcon9 and eventually Starship is the greatest launch system, considering where it can go right now and where Starship will be able to take us next.

[@monkeyfootracing645]

@@CGreciful cloth and glue! It would be cool if it could be powered up(I know , design limitations etc) but it would be a sweet way to start a trip to outer space!

[@gapegg]

Até Flerfs watching this. Was one of them inside to tell the rest "we were wrong"????

[@GaPeachtree]

What a moment!! Im so proud!! Enjoy please come back safely 💙🚀✨🌌👨‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀👨🏼‍🚀👨🏽‍🚀👨🏾‍🚀

[@dionysus2006]

This would make a great Six Flags ride !

[@torerasmussen4282]

Thats what it IS

[@fluxfaze]

Good to see Burt Rutan’s fine aerospace engineering design coming to full fruition.

[@shaymay2892]

It looked quite nice.

[@kelliehu8749]

This is awesome. This experience will bond them forever.

[@qmegamann]

@@TheDogGoesWoof69You mad because everything isn't white like it use to be😆😆😆

[@msunje9862]

@@TheDogGoesWoof69we are all humans, let’s just be happy for them

[@imshaunnurse]

Love seeing the antigua flag on the news

[@user-pz9pj9iz5y]

where is the live stream of this. And how they gonna land

[@dionysus2006]

On a runway

[@climatepurification]

They crash.

[@nathanrish7099]

Fish eye pens at every angle. They are still under the firmament and are just free falling 😂😂😂😂

[@Ethan_Roberts]

There are many shots that aren't fisheye, keep telling yourself they are though so you can believe the flat earth delusion.

[@justmanuel1]

Free falling for more than 3 minutes? You can clearly see them looking out the window does it look like they're falling? 😂

[@RichWeigel]

You know you folks never seem to be able to provide proof of anything you say so I turn point and laugh at you.

[@nathanrish7099]

Okay goofy

[@jb76489]

@@nathanrish7099my dude you said firmament unironically, you are the goof here

[@williedee947]

As a kid and teen and man in my 20s and 30s I would ride anything at six flags I was fearless the bigger the Rollercoaster the better but I tried it in my 40s and couldn't do it anymore so I wouldn't go on this flight so these people are brave so so brave anything coulda happened.... I flew all over the world but I wouldn't do that

[@muratkara39]

Yes derick

[@mikecinde1]

Exact same thing happened to me.

[@the.littlest.toaster]

​@@DESTINYMASTER-zh4zf FEAR!

[@kyledrinksmonster3357]

Same thing happened to me but I’m 27..

[@williedee947]

@@DESTINYMASTER-zh4zf it wasn't fear I got really nauseous and it was weird cause wether I ate or not I never experienced that sick feeling... I rode the ride I was just I'll afterwards... I probably could have tried again but I haven't got on a Rollercoaster since I figured I was retired

[@scerplaya]

They AREN'T astronauts. That word still has meaning. Stop watering down language.

[@WeWazKangz]

Stunning and brave

[@daddylonglegs31]

And yet, some will still think the earth is flat. Especially, with the moon staring them right in the face.

[@keithsmith3118]

I would've loved to have seen this live. I wish this wasn't the first I've heard of it seven months later.

[@JuanPeguero]

How difficult to put a camera to see what they see?

[@smilealwaysnatasha3423]

Right

[@smilealwaysnatasha3423]

Right. Like give them a camera

[@Ferdinand_FE]

The earth is flat. It's a firmament and they don't want us to see it.

[@justmanuel1]

There are astronauts in the ISS recording the outside of the ISS from the INSIDE with a camera. You can check that out.

[@dthornt1017]

this was pretty cool! dope experience!

[@PaperSailorMusic]

I started welling up after seeing the craft tilt. I'd be an emotional wreck seeing that blue curve against the inky blackness in person.

[@gusscoutinho]

Nice moment but my thoughts go to Christa McAuliffe. It happened so many years ago but her story still touches me.

[@bow2toy]

bro this looks so much like cgi for real

[@johnnychimpo7539]

Duhhh

[@embeddd]

or maybe cgi just looks real.

[@timelapse180]

The actual way that they carried the space craft up with a carrier, then detached it from the carrier it all looked like it went way smoother cleaner and easier than the way they usually launch space shuttles from the ground. It's not using tons of fuel, it's not burning fuel like a normal rocket 🚀 that has a huge after burn that's probably what's helping in burning a hole through the ozone and claiming it's green house gasses doing it when the after burn and fuel burn off of the bigger rockets 🚀 and the friction probably have a huge significant role in damaging the ozone. I like how smooth and how easy and the way this particular launch went in this video a whole lot less friction and a very small after burn.

[@Maxim__g]

Wait, where is all that climate change narrative or billions and billionaires don’t count? I started thinking that it’s all a BS.

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Don#t compare it with orbital flights. he compitor here is Blue Origins "New Shepard" rocket. That is a classical rocket, but of course also small and uses hydrogen (exhaust = water).

[@timelapse180]

Just talking about how smooth take off was and how everything to do with it's launch was, if they can do what they done with this air craft and it carried them to even just a part of space possibly even if it was only to carry them to a part of space still within earths atmosphere or gravity they can take that and create better way into space than the old ways they been using

[@timelapse180]

If this flight was a complete and true success they can uses this as an example of making flight faster than normal you want to get somewhere in this planet fast you go high

[@jeremylincoln965]

❤glad they made it safe and sound❤ Hallelujah 🙏🏾

[@martonszerda]

I cant image what are flat earthers going trough righr now 😂

[@timothyivey5497]

They'll just cry 'fake'...like they always do.

[@hrvojemaric1449]

Thinking about suicide

[@MatiasPajulahti]

Probably thinking how high was this now and how much curvature we should be seeing according to globe curvature math :)

[@user-ie5tg5fs3m]

all the showed were a bunch of actors sitting in a room looking out a window lol

[@Ben_Lorentz]

​@@user-ie5tg5fs3m😂ok bud

[@Michael-Ray]

Aliens observing from afar in their gravity-defying UFOs are like "What kind of primitive technology is this?" It's like reheating food using coal and fire vs a microwave. 😂

[@wcovey25]

Next flight should be reserved for flat earthers.

[@smoohtalker321]

Poor cam view never shots from pilots view ..zzz zzzz

[@wcovey25]

@@smoohtalker321 found one, make sure he's on next flight!

[@emadm4434]

..and of course, the moon is not visible and view is always limited

[@MrMa1981]

The moon??? AHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

[@itsacanoneventso]

I cant help but remember what happen to that submarine.

[@SewerTapes]

Far less pressure differential for the craft to endure.

[@traversniemi5342]

They are not in space. It's low earth orbit that's all

[@dionysus2006]

They did not go into orbit. The Karmen Line is at 100km, they went 88km

[@traversniemi5342]

@@dionysus2006 thanks for saying that I hate that everybody thinks they went to space what a joke

[@dionysus2006]

@@traversniemi5342 Looks like somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning 😬

[@traversniemi5342]

@@dionysus2006 is space not a vacuum. Thrust Does not work in a vacuum. So the rocket attest to the lunar module when they went to the moon would not have done anything

[@dionysus2006]

I wonder why they don't go the extra 12km to meet international standards ? I bet it is technically possible with the current design

[@TheChiefsGoblin]

Wonder how the flat earthers are feeling about this lol

[@MrDb135i]

This is like when the model t was introduced after years of horseback riding..imagine this 100 yrs from now

[@Vmberj]

Wow! This amazing! Congratulations to the participants 🤍

[@Guurur]

The days are nearing when 24hr flights from one destination to another will be reached in few hours. We may not be able to witness fastest traveling from one point to to another, but in next 50 years it will become so common and cheaper for travelers.

[@gagatube]

Sure... they've been saying that since the Wright brothers took off.

[@sd6gaming367]

@@gagatube and we've certainly made no progress towards that goal since then, huh?

[@gagatube]

@@sd6gaming367 Oh, yes, _progress_ has been made - Concorde for example - but the progress came with a lot of issues. The idea of a some little space-glider carrying passengers across the Atlantic in a couple of hours has been a recurring fairy-story told over the decades by entrepreneurs who want investors money to play with.

[@sd6gaming367]

@@randommatrix4180 and who exactly is they? and what incentive do they have to keep us locked indoors?

[@DeLaRafi.]

the end of flat earther believers are coming to the end once this fully open for public. or... i cant imagine how they will think of ways to deny it.

[@jb5music]

It's just like totally awesomely incredibly incredible and incredibly incredible awesome incredible.

[@scoobydoo5439]

That is one "Epic!" looking craft.

[@ivannoriega9531]

There’s some thing I noticed from 4:03- 4:04 seconds if you guys concentrate on the top left corner in the black sky. Some thing passes in a shape of a sphere. Am I wrong?

[@michaelwood8130]

Yes you are right i spotted 12 in this video 🛸

[@wl6279]

Looks like a modified Learjet 😆 cool them braids all over the place lol

[@thaimyburgh9552]

Looks staged

[@RichWeigel]

@@thaimyburgh9552 They say that about the first moon landing as well. I say until you provide irrefutable proof I take nothing you folks have to say as serious.

[@jamepearson]

Look at my Black Women. You go girl. Woot Woot!

[@sor8104]

If this comment was about white women or white men instead, what'd you think about it? Just think

[@BruceGrizzy]

@@sor8104who asked

[@SteveJobIess]

​@sor8104 you can shout out to your white men all you want. Yikes, why so butt sore about black women?

[@CpTn_QwRk]

@@sor8104Who hurt you?

[@bobflemming100]

Fair play to her for being black!! So inspiring 😂

[@hulkgqnissanpatrol6121]

Something about all those port holes had me thinking the same as the sub.....

[@Bluemoonsouth]

This is amazing. I want to go to space so bad

[@newyorkcity76]

Space begins from 63 miles not 53

[@kaeez]

Who defined space by the way? Anything above 50-60kms can be widely accepted as space as it varies from region to region depending on what they recognize as the separation.

[@lespaulthomson3167]

Astronauts? 🤣 I been in a hospital before. Does that make me a doctor?.........

[@embeddd]

you're just jealous

[@xtooshortxhernandez4431]

I miss them but don't know them save travels. ❤🎉 yall!

[@gbogimichael156]

I would have never gone on the flight, considering what happened with the titanic submarine incident weeks ago ))

[@torerasmussen4282]

1 minute from 44000 feet to outer space? Can someone please show me the marh?

[@midevilgrim3]

They were going 44,000 fpm

[@Malouco]

This is pretty cool. ❤

[@JohnW704]

im not sure if they actually went to "space"... they said "zero-G experience" and "micro-gravity" for a reason, that was legally compliant. you can achieve this same thing without going to "outer space" Actually at 2:01 you hear the altitude is 289,000 ft... "outer space" meaning outside Earths atmosphere is 330,000 ft from the surface, so yeah they were not in space.

[@sebastiannolte1201]

"im not sure if they actually went to "space"." The atmosphere becomes thinner fluently, so you cannot say where it ends. They reached 89 km. The US Air Force definition for the beginning of space is 80 km. The most used definition is 100km. Both are arbitrary, have to do with aviation, and there is still atmosphere higher than 100 km. The question if something is actually in space or not is pointless. "you can achieve this same thing without going to "outer space" " Of course, but the higher you go, the longer you can experience it. Weightlessess never has to do with "space". At the International Space Station gravity is only 13% weaker than down here. "outer space" meaning outside Earths atmosphere is 330,000 ft from the surface," As I said, also that is an arbitrary definition. At about that altitude, the necessary speed to get aerodynamic uplift becomes as high as orbital speed. You think that is a real natural definition for "end of the atmosphere"? It was mainly pushed by the World Air Sports Federation who had to define where "aviation" ends, otherwise aviation records like "hightes flight", "fastest airplane"... were pointless in the space era. The International Space Station loses more than 50 meters of altitude every day because there is still so much atmosphere at 400 km that the drag slows it down. And it is not exact 330,000 feet, it is 100 km. And it is no even that: But they rounded it to 100 km, because it is such a nice number.

[@justmanuel1]

Why don't you get a flight for yourself instead of all of this n0nsènse

[@gmattieice]

Nice water bubbles at the 2 min mark

[@justmanuel1]

Yeah they're inside water, even though you can watch them literally go to space from the ground. If they're inside water please explain the zero gravity they experience suddenly inside the craft. Lol you just want it to be fake

[@Prophet_be_her_name.]

I read the headline and was like 'wth'... Now I get it.. Name of the company.. Gotya.. Good going crew.. But for a minute there... 😳

[@abbylooyuko1869]

This is a huge breakthrough. This will open up so many new opportunities for mankind in space. Now astronauts in the space station will be able to order food from earth and have it delivered to them fresh. Uber Eats Space. Delivery fee + tip will be very expensive.

[@climatepurification]

Huge breakthrough for sending meaningless people into space? Sounds like a waste.

[@zainzwerschke5484]

@@climatepurificationdon’t you want to go to space? Don’t forget you’re one of those “meaningless people” and so am I.

[@scraype4111]

Fine! Just don't incorrectly call them "astronauts". @@zainzwerschke5484

[@jeffnelson1961]

Bahahaha…AI is not very good on realistic comments…

[@hesido]

The core requirements for reaching 28000 km/hour stays roughly the same, so no über-eats for people in orbit, even if refined current tech to its maximum efficiency.

[@rafaellopez3947]

Wow amazing how far we've come.

[@samoryTure]

"There are officially astraunots" Smh

[@ambersurgeon4201]

An experimental tiny vessel with a handful of civilians and crew at a height that very few people have gone where anything could go devastatingly wrong at any second. Sounds familiar...

[@computerboy2k]

At least this spacecraft was certified by regulators, and the owners did not thumb their nose at industry standards…

[@dyetman0714]

Also not saying pressure isn't a problem in space. It is. Just the opposite way. And I'd rather have to de-pressurize a cabin in a vac suit because of a fire, than have that same cabin collapse in on me.

[@nickrolando7747]

Ya sounds like we got a hater

[@hesido]

The pressure differential is tiny compared to depths of the oceans.

[@mickhughes6327]

Driving your car can go devastatingly wrong.

[@ShamelesslyRed]

Someone please tell me what camera captures perfect streaming mode at high def res while withstanding the heat of that speed at mach 2? And wearing a nose ring doesn't seem wise in zero gravity does it?

[@MrMa1981]

Excuse me can you tell me where exactly the camera is located at? Maybe there's a flattard holding the camera with his, at certain point, frozen arm and than of course maybe th AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH BUAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

[@justmanuel1]

Are you a flat Earther?

[@lukenamaewa]

Start from 4:10 to much bubble, and the 2 ladies enjoyed staring at sun light, amazing

[@dueler8281]

That re entry is scary af for them no doubt

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

Why would it be scary??

[@CarlWicker]

hope they get back ok

[@prabhakarpadma5109]

America leading the world. Taking the humans to explore the universe. Space unknown made visible to the normal citizens. A great effort and innovation for the humanity entering into the new terrains.

[@achkchuallytrip]

China:Are u kidding me?Hold my beer😎

[@digdug23]

​@@achkchuallytriphold my beer while we fake some more videos

[@Perekwa]

You are not leading the world

[@mymixedbiscuit9159]

America is not leading the world. In genocide? COVID deaths? Number of mass slaughters that routinely occur and the population is completely fine with it like a bunch of barbarians? sure, it's leading the world in those things, i guess. Elon Musk is literally African, and this guy is UK.

[@jb76489]

@@achkchuallytripwhat do you think china has accomplished exactly?

[@dannygaines1352]

A "few" minutes of a "joy ride," dosen't make you an astronaut . It takes years of training .

[@ec1185]

This is an amazing scientific feat. Also humans are still way too ignorant to be responsible with this breakthrough.

[@trustgaming_shorts]

is the planet earth FLAT?

[@jdogsful]

no, the earth is fisheyed

[@ProdMigoMucciAnt]

Definitely a giant leap for Mankind

[@xghostrider980]

Wouldn't that be the moon landing ?

[@skudzo]

@@xghostrider980LOL

[@ItsJustJayla]

Is that the mother and daughter duo who were gonna go on the flight! Glad it went well 😊

[@jpaul8589]

Congratulations to the first space squid!

[@kirtwilliamswilliams5280]

I belong to Earth ...not even birds go there...GET DOWN SAFE

[@sandriacelestin9580]

😂😂

[@dyetman0714]

This is the news reporting we need. Humanity desperately needed this after the Titan tragedy. Being able to see the pure enjoyment of those on board almost connects you to them for a minute. You can feel their awe.

[@frankhernandez6524]

This does nothing for humanity. These are people who paid large amounts of money to float inside a flying object at high altitudes. Seriously ask yourself how this helps the masses?

[@danmaster9183]

Oh yes, one step for manking one jump towards ruining whats left of our enviornment 😂

[@TripMX]

@@frankhernandez6524 I suppose at the very least, it’s one tiny step towards humanity traversing the stars.

[@dyetman0714]

@danmaster9183 you do realize, accomplishing sustainable clean energy, might wind up taking place in orbit right? Plenty of testing going in to 2024 as far as generating power/propulsion. Much safer to test those things where our atmosphere can help absorb and breakdown any failure. And being majorly private parties funding these things, political cover ups arent a huge worry. If there can be a major breakthrough in any type of clean energy that is realistically feasible, there's a good chance it happens in 0g, So yeah, actually in the long run probably great for the environment.

[@danmaster9183]

@@dyetman0714 so their up there trying to create clean energy? I thought it was just a civilian attraction.... 🤣 you just made a bunch of junk up like your dreaming or something, they are not up there trying to create clean energy...

[@pavelyankouski4913]

So what happened to the previous crew ?

[@kevinowens7452]

Wow that's awesome.

[@asanseil5553]

How about point a camera out of the window or all of them? Nah?

[@justmanuel1]

Do you see a camera In any of their hands? Check the ISS you'd see videos of astronauts recording the earth from inside the ISS. I'm very sure that wasn't enough for you.

[@geraldbutterjackson275]

I get titantic submarine vibes

[@applejuicejunkie316]

more like Apollo 13, but I hear ya.

[@cosmicinsane516]

They already had their moment for that. Killed a test pilot. It was his own error that killed him and almost killed the other pilot but I believe they have fixed the system that made it possible for him to unlock the feather mechanism while still low in the atmosphere.

[@JamesSmith-pg7xp]

​@applejuicejunkie316 you know how some people read comments, and just be wanting to say something.

[@dionysus2006]

You're only off by about 6000 psi

[@revelation3nine606]

I wonder if the "glass window panes" on the round craft are curved or flat?

[@conbonx2jr295]

Notice another space clip on a state of the art craft which is only available in 720p😊

[@byroncollins]

Congratulations New Astronauts 🎉😎👊

[@scraype4111]

Not "astronauts". These were passengers, nothing more.

[@sigmasiren777]

​@@scraype4111 Space tourists.

[@kaeez]

​@@scraype4111 By definition, an astronaut is a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. So yes, it's fair to call them astronauts. You're nothing but jealous if you feel like denying it.

[@crazyliljoe]

​@@scraype4111according to Merriam-Webster a definition of an Astronaut is any person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere 🤷‍♂️

[@aRupaliHowRu18]

Loved the way how their hair raised high due to 0 gravity

[@mbbrowne3455]

Big up everyone on the space ship 🇰🇳

[@johnbergman2746]

Brilliant❤ keep climbing humans from trees to Space again 😊