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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Flight Test
NBC - various ^
| Alan Boyle
Posted on 10/31/2014 11:41:51 AM PDT by prisoner6
Virgin Galactic said its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane suffered an "in-flight anomaly" during a powered test flight on Friday that resulted in the loss of the aircraft.
#SpaceShipTwo has experienced an in-flight anomaly. Additional info and statement forthcoming.
— Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) October
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aerospace; burtrutan; california; richardbranson; rutan; space; spaceshiptwo; virgin; virgingalactic
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One chute sighted....prayers up.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:41:51 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
To: prisoner6
Drat. Hope the pilots are ok.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:44:36 AM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: prisoner6
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:45:16 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: prisoner6
Fox has it live. At least one piece of wreckage seen. Copters on the scene. Pilots thought to have been on board.
VG tweets a powered test flight ended with an anomaly. White Knight landed OK. Status of SS2 pilots unknown.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:46:42 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: prisoner6
Blazing trail has never been a pastime for the faint of heart.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:47:25 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: prisoner6
“...not good for the tourist trade...”
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:04 AM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: IronJack
The Reagan shuttle speech comes to mind.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:48:18 AM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: IronJack
Looks like it broke up in flight. There are no signs of fire on the one stabilizer that is shown on the desert floor.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:49:34 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: prisoner6
Dang, hope the pilots made it out OK.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:49:36 AM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: prisoner6
Private space industry just doesn't need this. What a lousy week.
Surplus Soviet rocket engines stored next to the 10,000 crates of surplus Mosin-Nagants in a storage warehouse in Turkmenistan, and now this.
Dammit.
To: prisoner6
I like what they are doing, and I think this is a good method of getting the vehicle to space.
I do have to admit the White Knight carrier part of the duo, is very strange indeed. That said, it seems to work decently and I have high hopes for overall success.
Here’s to hoping the pilot(s) made it out safely.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:51:08 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Dunam, Duncan, man what infections these folks brought over.)
To: prisoner6
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SpaceShipTwo&src=typd ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7 15m15 minutes ago #SpaceShipTwo UPDATE: Rescue crew seen carrying person on stretcher to chopper http://abc7.la/1toHq4B pic.twitter.com/MJaFy0clTw
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:52:05 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: prisoner6
One fatality, one very serious injury according to state police.
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:53:09 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: winoneforthegipper
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:53:16 AM PDT
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: The KG9 Kid
hmmmm.... based on my nagants, the Antares motor probably blew up because it was plugged with cosmoline.
Reports of 1 fatality
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posted on
10/31/2014 11:55:34 AM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: UNGN
Witnesses say the craft exploded right after engine ignition.
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posted on
10/31/2014 12:00:00 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: UNGN
Dreadful. Just awful.
I must say though that this is expected; following the history of early flight in the years after the Wright Brothers.
To: IronJack
“Blazing trail has never been a pastime for the faint of heart.”
So right.
To: prisoner6
the engine and new fuel are going to be obvious suspects
was this a brand new engine?
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posted on
10/31/2014 12:00:59 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL; sneakers; PennsylvaniaMom; GregB
It could have been an engine replacement/test to make sure everything was OK before the first flight with the Branson family.
Pinging the Quinn and Rose folks.
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posted on
10/31/2014 12:06:11 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
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