Sydney to London in 2 hrs - but you may lose consciousness

[Carbon Canary]

Sub orbital spaceflights are now being marketed, but recent research indicates "ill-effects such as breathlessness, loss of vision, a wildly beating heart and a surge of blood pressure.......which may require tensing your lower legs and clenching your buttocks."  Expect 3-4 g on departure and up to 6 g on arrival.

 

......and that's just in business class 🙂 ! 

 

[facthunter]

You'll get there at the same time whatever class you go..Threading your way through orbiting space debris will be exciting and how hot the plane gets re-entering  The cost will cause irregular heartbeat.. It will be tens of times more than the regular subsonic way and lots more risky. Whose time is worth that much?  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

Some people are in too much of a hurry.

[Marty_d]

If Ryanair are running it, you'll be able to purchase less G for your seat.

[onetrack]

Ryanair will charge extra if you stay conscious.

[Litespeed]

This is a perfect example of man's pursuit in wrecking the planet and burning cash for the ego brag of flying Death Star airways.

 

All tickets should include contract requirements of losing all assets to fight climate change and a permanent free home in the middle of a desert.

 

Just a happy 🤔

 

[Marty_d]

The thing is, urgent face to face meetings just aren't as vital these days, so I'm not sure how the business case for passenger hypersonic stacks up.

Companies could invest the cost of one return flight into dedicated high resolution VR meeting rooms and not have to travel at all. 

As for holiday travellers, yes it's boring to spend 27 hours getting to Europe, but it's a lot more gentle on the body than 6g.

[old man emu]

The boring part of the trip to and from Europe is the time spent in some Asian or African airport boarding lounge during a "stop-over". I know that the stopovers allow time for essential housekeeping for the aircraft, but 300+ people heading for the loos at the same time with the same internal pressures is hard to take. And armed guards with unsmiling faces don't make for a happy experience.

[Old Koreelah]

2 minutes ago, old man emu said:

The boring part of the trip to and from Europe is the time spent in some Asian or African airport boarding lounge during a "stop-over". I know that the stopovers allow time for essential housekeeping for the aircraft, but 300+ people heading for the loos at the same time with the same internal pressures is hard to take. And armed guards with unsmiling faces don't make for a happy experience.

Still much less traumatic than trying to transit through the US.

[spenaroo]

Personally I see the title effects as a plus.

Still believe they should swap the oxygen system for sleeping gas.

Id pay extra to sleep the whole way

[Marty_d]

It'd be much less work for the cabin crew too.

Might be a problem if you need to get everyone off the plane in an emergency though.

[spenaroo]

mid flight over the ocean.... don't think that will be an issue

does pose the ethical question, in an emergency do you leave it on or turn it off?

Edited May 17, 2023 by spenaroo

[Marty_d]

Cruise = snooze!

[facthunter]

Yes if you get them off the aircraft, they will still hang around outside.   Nev

[Litespeed]

I think it a absolute moral duty to instantly wake all the passengers via adrenaline.

 

Then they get to watch the crew escape ala F111 in the cockpit module...

 

Then a hologram of Greta Thunberg appears saying " you have been selected for a Darwin award due to your rich lifestyle" and she laughs and laughs...

 

It clearly would be unethical to let them sleep through the award presentation.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Litespeed