This has to be one of the dumbest ideas for a yacht. Ships are shaped a certain way for a reason. Also, they show pictures of a nice view onto open sea. Why not show the truth. That the horizon would rock back and forth until you puke all over yourself.
Am I the only one that thinks the back end sunbathing people will get soaked when the water gets choppy? Especially if they sail across the Atlantic, like they claim it can.
Still, this'd be a great place to rip around on rollerblades.
This seems like just the thing to buy on a whim, use it for six months and then realize it isn't extravagant as I once thought it was, then keep it on the market for years for more than I paid for it, trying to recoup my initial losses.
Good grief, that thing will never be able to maneuver! Not without having an absurd number of Azipods to constantly direct it, and a huge loss of fuel. Also, this thing would probably bob like a cork. I need to see what the rest of the hull looks like.
@gadam07: I agree, I was just thinking that the hydrodynamics of this wouldn't make a lick of sense. I think that we're seeing all of it, unless there's going to be some sort of massive dragging keel to act as God's own rudder.
@Jeb_Hoge: Haha, yeah it would take God's own rudder to steer it. There's got to be more, though. That's the top of a really wild nabla type bulbous bow sticking out there (it should be submerged), so there needs to be more of it. I'm pretty sure WHY doesn't know how to design a proper displacement hull like this; they make sailing yachts.
Not to be nitpicky -- but this isn't actually how the manned Orion launch escape system would work. This is a simulation of the first full-scale test of the system, which uses a small fake booster and a boilerplate capsule.
The real Orion won't be launching from White Sands. It also doesn't have airbags. The Orion capsule isn't going to be designed to land on land -- water landings only. The airbags are an addition to the test boilerplate Orion to... well, to keep it from breaking when it lands.
This test is really just to see whether all the systems work together as planned. Later tests will fine-tune the hardware, making sure that the escape motors don't pull the capsule away too fast (too much g-force on the astronauts inside) or too slow (you do kinda want to avoid the exploding or out-of-control rocket behind you...).
is there an ejection system from the ejection system? It looks like a lot of stuff has to go right in the midst of what would be a catastrophic failure.
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Ok, sorry about that.
Still, several obligatory luxury items missing, or not showing on the video...
This thing needs at least a full spa, olympic internal pool, bar lounge with pool table, home theater, etc etc
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@gallahad: Yep!
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Still, this'd be a great place to rip around on rollerblades.
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A three hour tour.
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Will 4 minutes suffice?
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Also, his name is Luca. He lives on the second deck.
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The real Orion won't be launching from White Sands. It also doesn't have airbags. The Orion capsule isn't going to be designed to land on land -- water landings only. The airbags are an addition to the test boilerplate Orion to... well, to keep it from breaking when it lands.
This test is really just to see whether all the systems work together as planned. Later tests will fine-tune the hardware, making sure that the escape motors don't pull the capsule away too fast (too much g-force on the astronauts inside) or too slow (you do kinda want to avoid the exploding or out-of-control rocket behind you...).
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