Spaceport Singapore

Post by **weixing** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:59 am

Hi,
I don't think there will be any launch of any type of real rocket at all... Singapore is small... too small to launch any type of real rocket in Singapore main island and it is in Changi.. too near Changi International Airport... no one will launch any type of rocket near an International Airport.

I think if there is any tour to the space from the Spaceport Singapore, the only feasible way at the moment is the method use by SpaceShipOne... a plane will piggyback the space vehicle and launch the space vehicle at high altitude far away from Singapore main island.

Have a nice day.

PS: Space vehicle technology is still very new and I think it'll take a very long time to create a space vehicle that is as safe as a commercial passenger aircraft... Even now, commercial passenger aircraft still crash.

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:21 am

Now, even car still crash .... HAHA ...

*kidding*
But on a more similar note, car now still breakdown even though technology is so advanced, but the old car engine still can breakdown .. even if serviced regularly, for some reason, there will still be new BMWs breaking down. Haiz ... think bout SpaceCraft ...

Post by **zong** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:30 pm

aircraft crashing is not common, if you calculate accidents per mile travelled, cars win planes hands down. similarly, you calculate the number of spaceships sent up against the number of crashes, the %age is very small indeed. Just that to make it commercial, yea i think it'll take a decade or more. At least i have the youth to wait

but i digress. i applaud spaceport singapore as a project to increase astronomical awareness in singapore and the region. Hopefully someday, we can petition for a small special plot of ground to be lightless! That'll be the best for us I guess, no more need for costly (to me) mersing trips..

and finally, i hope people will start asking, "hey you're into astronomy! can you tell me more about astronomy?" rather than "astronomy? what fun is that?"

ChaosKnight · Post by **ChaosKnight** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:52 pm

Good for Singapore to have an aerospace initiative. Anybody interested to research your own aircraft/rocket?

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:13 pm

jermng wrote: Yeah, I was trying to find the $170k price too, can;t seem to find it ...

I think the cost of USD$100,000 was in the papers, not on the website. Anyway it is here:

http://www.asiaone.com/bt/bto_20060221_186709.html

The relevant portion is here:
"The flagship attraction will be US$100,000-a-seat sub-orbital space flights that will shoot passengers out of Earth's atmosphere to an altitude of 100km so they can enjoy about five minutes of weightlessness. An entire flight will take about 90 minutes."

Kay Heem

Post by **zong** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:02 pm

Just a thought, is this maybe the reason why NTU started their aerospace engineering course last year? Looks like a delicious job to be in.. Maybe I should go join the course so that i might work at SpacePortOne in future