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Virgin Galactic spaceship has in-flight problem
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...10-31-14-16-21
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- Virgin Galactic has reported an unspecified problem during a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket. The company tweeted Friday morning that SpaceShipTwo was flying under rocket power and then tweeted that it had "experienced an in-flight anomaly." The tweet said more information would be forthcoming. Kern County Fire Department reports it is heading to a location in the Mojave Desert. California Highway Patrol Officer Darlena Dotson says the agency is responding to a report of a crash in the Cantil area. SpaceShipTwo has been under development at Mojave Air and Spaceport in the desert northeast of Los Angeles. SpaceShipTwo is carried aloft by a specially designed jet and then released before igniting its rocket for suborbital thrill ride into space and then a return to Earth as a glider. |
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10-31-2014, 12:53 PM | #2 |
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hum interesting
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10-31-2014, 12:56 PM | #3 |
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I was afraid this would happen. Nobody builds spaceships as good as the aliens, we need to contract this shit out.
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10-31-2014, 12:58 PM | #4 |
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Shit, it crashed. One parachute visible.
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10-31-2014, 01:01 PM | #5 |
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10-31-2014, 01:04 PM | #6 |
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Damn. One of the pilots is dead and the other is seriously injured.
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10-31-2014, 01:05 PM | #7 |
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It has been a bad week for Space ships
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10-31-2014, 01:06 PM | #8 |
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man not good.... they are aviation gods. hate to see this happen...
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10-31-2014, 01:14 PM | #9 |
Wasted away again...
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Broke apart in mid-air?
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10-31-2014, 01:18 PM | #10 |
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10-31-2014, 01:24 PM | #11 |
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That might put a dent in the tourism part.
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10-31-2014, 01:27 PM | #12 |
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Come for the weightlessness, stay for the free fall impact on the ground.
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10-31-2014, 01:29 PM | #13 |
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That's about an hour from where I live.
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10-31-2014, 01:52 PM | #14 |
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Not a good week for space travel and Orbital Sciences HQ is 3 miles from me.
Their parking lot was jam packed 1/2 hour after their rocket blew up as every engineer and tech person who wasn't onsite watching the launch was called in. My GF's brother-in-law is a engineer there and he said the pressure is so intense as this is the first FU they have really had. There is internal rumors of possible Russian sabotage and excessive cost cutting that added to the problem. Time will hopefully tell the true story....
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Tweeted? Isn't this press conference worthy?
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