who will be taking these suborbital flights in the future, whether that s on virgin galactic or blue origin, are going to be rich people. and so effectively right now, these are more joy rides than they are anything else, and that s definitely an interesting moment for the american space flight. let me tell you where we are right now. it is 10:34 in the east, 8:30 a.m., 8:35 a.m. at space port america, in new mexico. this flight was rescheduled for 10:30 a.m. eastern. so it should have taken off five minutes ago. obviously you re looking at it and it hasn t. however, we have not been informed of any delay. it would be typical sometimes for there to be small delays. in other words, this may not be an organized delay. leland, let me just ask you because you have been on one of these things. what are the things you think, well, everything s been done. why wouldn t it take off at 10:30. what could be happening? well, ali, there is always
and begins that rocket ride up and then back down. what is that sensation? there aren t many people on earth who can speak to it and you re one of them. yeah. i think they re going experience a lot of g-force with the acceleration. they re going to be going really fast and get there really fast and then they re going to go from being pushed back into their seat from the force to being weightless instandly instantly when the engine kicks off. that s exciting. it is the moment where they realize their dream comes true. their weightless. they re in space. the most amazing thing is the view out the window. they ll watch the sky turn from blue to black and the atmosphere. it s going to be incredible. colonel, we re about to see the separation. tom costello, back to you. we re seconds away from the moment here. let s watch. release, release, release!
of it. i ve got my model of space ship one signed by you. this was back on that day in 2004. we re looking now at imagery on the bottom of the space ship two that will fly today. space ship one, the original, is now in the smithsonian air and space museum. but did you know in 2004 what becomes of the space industry that you had helped give birth to? you know, ali, i always was confident that the space industry was going to blossom. i honestly didn t think it would take as long as it has. it s been 17 years since space ship one made its x prize winning flights, and we handed over the $10 million. i didn t think 17 years was going to be the right time frame for it. but happy that it s here. what s amazing is the work that has been done by multiple camps at this point. i think the genie is finally out
i have never been myself as creative as i have eyeballing this [ bleep ] prize. burt rutans it space ship one won the prize and then billionaire investors said i want a piece of that. richard branson came in and brought the rights and commercialized to create virgin gentleman lactic. tall hanks, ashton kutcher. the fare is $200,000 now but branson says some day it will be as cheap as normal airfare. this is richard branson and he is here to service you. i m told private companies won t want to do this. there is no money to be made in going to the moon so this has to be done by government. all innovation comes out of the private sector and entrepreneurs. how are they going to make money? by charging for the ride. politicians say. government support is critical in helping businesses
creative as i have eyeballing this [ bleep ] prize. burt rutans it space ship one won the prize and then billionaire investors said i want a piece of that. richard branson came in and brought the rights and commercialized to create virgin gentleman lactic. tall hanks, ashton kutcher. the fare is $200,000 now but branson says some day it will be as cheap as normal airfare. this is richard branson and he is here to service you. i m told private companies won t want to do this. there is no money to be made in going to the moon so this has to be done by government. all innovation comes out of the private sector and entrepreneurs. how are they going to make money? by charging for the ride. politicians say. government support is critical in helping businesses get new energy ideas off the