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- The first woman to fly commercial to space describes her historic flight – The Verge<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Describe to me the experience of being in space. We all saw that picture of you staring out the window in complete awe.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
It was just magic and almost indescribable.<\/em><\/p>\n
I felt very fortunate to fly where I did and the day I did. I felt like the Earth was so beautiful, but even more so than you can describe or can be imagined. I happened to fly on a day where we had snow on the mountains in the southwestern United States. And I remember vividly that appearance of glistening white mountaintops and blue Pacific Ocean and the green of the Earth. I told someone the other day I felt like Earth was wearing her diamonds for us that day, because it was so, so glistening and sharp.<\/em><\/p>\n
It just took my breath away. It was amazing<\/em><\/p>\n
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“The face you make when you look back on Earth from space. Our Chief Astronaut Instructor, Beth Moses, is the 571st person to fly to space and the first woman to fly on board a commercial spaceship.” – Virgin Galactic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n - \n
- Virgin Galactic Passenger Beth Moses Details Her Maverick Space Flight – Part 1 – Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Clash<\/strong>: Compare the real flight to the simulations.<\/em><\/p>\n
Moses<\/strong>: The Gz [force through the head] was of a much lower duration. I reached our expected Gz on boost and re-entry, but was pleasantly surprised at how short it was. It just ramps up and then ramps off. You take a breath and realize, \u2018Oh this is high G,\u2019 and you take another breath and say, \u2018Oh, this is high G.’ By the time you\u2019ve finished your second breath, it’s done, and you\u2019re back to normal G. The Gz felt like the centrifuge, but the Gx [force through the chest] I didn\u2019t perceive as strongly as I did in the centrifuge. I don\u2019t know why. Maybe it was because I was so happy to be going up. So Gz felt like the NASTAR centrifuge, Gx did not. Both maximums were about 3.6.<\/em><\/p>\n
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- Virgin Galactic Astronaut Beth Moses On Her Maverick Flight – Part 2 – Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Clash<\/strong>: Will you fly again?<\/em><\/p>\n
Moses<\/strong>: I would love to go back up, but I also want to get future astronauts up there as fast as possible. So it depends on what we still have to test, how many test flights we have and for what reasons. We\u2019re actually still mapping that out. But I will not nominate myself. There are lots of other skill-sets and factors that need to be tested, so I will train other folks to do those tests. I\u2019m not trying to blindly hog evaluations. But if there are evaluations that need my particular skill-set, I might fly again. We\u2019re still working that out.<\/em><\/p>\n
** Richard Branson remains steadfastly upbeat about Virgin Galactic’s prospects<\/strong>: Richard Branson: We’re at the dawn of new era of space exploration (Opinion) – Richard Branson\/CNN<\/a><\/p>\n
- Virgin Galactic Astronaut Beth Moses On Her Maverick Flight – Part 2 – Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Virgin Galactic Passenger Beth Moses Details Her Maverick Space Flight – Part 1 – Forbes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n