Swiss Space Systems - Space Pod 5/4/16

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1. How many people will each flight carry; 2 and a half?
2. I love the business savvy nature of this company and I hope that they not only succeed in what they plan on doing but maybe space tourism as well. if they would work with biggilow aerospace maybe a space hotel could be a thing.
3. Very surprised you have not done anything on reaction engines the only true revolutionary engine, not some relic from the Soviet era.
4. Eh the launch system they are developing is one of the routes possible. I'm just a SpaceX fanboy sorry haha. wings don't have much use without air. Seems more of a flop IMO
5. We're seeing direct results of computer processing power on efforts to achieve orbit lately - this tech is greatly aided by computational power at small sizes. I'm tellin' ya, it's looking good for the future of space flight. We all may get to do an orbit yet.
6. Diversifying the space industry! Its so fascinating how all of these small space companies have different agendas, which drives the innovation through indirect competition while still securing separate niche markets, assuring success of multiple competitors simultaneously. This is an industry I can't wait to see explode (figuratively, not literally)
7. All this shit going on at EPFL and all I did there was get drunk and organise concerts WHoohoo
8. The more the merrier. Embarrass the big boys.
9. the more people invest in space the better :))
10. swiss space hasa a get idea on cleaning up space.
11. "The company also hopes to open their own spaceport in 2015"...
    Apparently they are in the business of Time Travel,also.
12. Seems everybody and their mother is working on launch systems for small satellites these days, let´s hope at least one succeeds and that there is a market there to sustain it.
    
    I like the idea of cleaning up LEO a bit but I would like to see it start with the big chunks, obviously you have to test it on something first but then they should go for Envisat and other big stuff that can become many, many, many pieces if they collide with something.
13. LEO cleans itself, although it takes a really long time. So it's a sound need somebody will pay something for. But they don't reach the real need for cleanup about geosynchronous, that can't be done quite so low budget. And yes, they should be successful with their talent lineup, if likely behind schedule.
14. so its dolphin in space.. jumping above the surface of water for a while then diving in.. ??
15. Space debris, clean up plan is a good idea. It must be done before LEO becomes impassable, leaving us imprisoned on this god forsaken planet.
16. EPFL = École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne = Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
    ETHZ = Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich = Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
    
    Both are Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology :)
    I would only like to inform you about this (I'm not blaming nor complaining)
17. Man, even just looking at the animation clearing the tail after release makes me nervous, best of luck to Swiss Space Systems
18. this design is the best example on how to have mid-air collision.
19. The Swiss spaceplane idea is a good concept that would help lower launch cost but it seems no different from the "mothership" idea virgin is working on. I still prefer a spaceplane that doesn't need such a system and can go all the way to orbit entirely on it's own. And with that being said I still stand by the Skylon spaceplane which seems to be the only concept that has such potential. There was mentioning of the Skylon spaceplane in episode 8.33 and I would like that topic re-visited in detail. RE did receive $20mil funding from BAE systems towards the final phase engine demonstrator and hopefully they will get it done by 2019. I'm sure after that we'll see real progress with an actual flying prototype. As for the intercontinental travel idea, that's actually a fantastic idea! I think a larger spaceplane would help maximize cost with more passengers. But I guess its best to start out small. And the space debris removal is okay but I think they should have a vehicle that remains in orbit indefinitely rather than deorbiting itself. It could be re-fueled and regularly collect space debris.
20. Glad you made this Episode. I'm Swiss and already ordered one of these Zero-G flights. I'm very much looking forward to see them operating...