Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes during California test flight

msn ^ | Irene Klotz

[who knows what evil?]

So...is the deposit refundable?

[Sacajaweau]

I might ask for my money back.

[BenLurkin]

Earlier thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221770/posts

[wastedyears]

I’ll say it again - SpaceX rockets haven’t crashed.

[apillar]

Not a good week for private spaceflight....

[Larry Lucido]

Never ride in a virgin galactic spaceship. Better to go with an experienced one.

[BenLurkin]

Keep the Russians away from them

[SpaceBar]

There’s something about the word ‘spaceship’ that sounds very juvenile.

[-YYZ-]

Regrettable, but pushing the aerospace envelope can be a dangerous activity. These things will happen.

[cicero2k]

What gets me is that they were careful, pushing the envelope in small increments. Not amateurs, in any way.

And still.

Waiting for the inevitable “space is not for cowards” comment.

Eyes are shifting to Elon Musk.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Zounds! Spaceman spiff crashes!

[BenLurkin]

I think someone got killed today.

[Moonman62]

This project seems to have a lot of problems and is taking a relatively long time after initial success.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

If its broken it isn’t a virgin anymore...
just saying
Freegards
LEX

[Moonman62]

That might be a good idea. I don’t think there’s a way for the passengers to safely escape if something goes wrong, just like the Space Shuttle.

[wastedyears]

But spaceship is such an awesome word.

[Faith-Hope]

Why are we having an aircraft of some sort go down everyday?

[OwenKellogg]

Why are we having an aircraft of some sort go down everyday?

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Who is John Galt?

[Kenny Bunk]

Guardian reports:

1 dead,
1 "Serious" injury.

Cause:
"Serious anomaly." IOW, "don't know yet."

(Wild Ass Guess) Not that great a body of fatigue data on this composite stuff quite yet, and the thing has been flying with rocket power for well over a year..