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Bransons Tourist Spaceship Crashed

Post by cronus » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:15 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29857182

One dead in Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo test crash

At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashed in a California desert, the California Highway Patrol has said.

The craft was undergoing manned testing when it experienced what the company described as "a serious anomaly".

Television images shot from a helicopter showed what appeared to be wreckage bearing the Virgin logo.

SpaceShipTwo is carried aloft by a jet, then launched into sub-orbit.

In a statement, Virgin Galactic said the "vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of SpaceShipTwo".

(continued, I'll wait and take the lift...) :nono:
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Re: Bransons Tourist Spaceship Crashed

Post by Tero » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:47 pm

Well, I got stuck in an elevator today We got the doors open, but it has not landed on Floor 1 yet.

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Post by mistermack » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:00 pm

Fuck Branson.
He ripped me off on my broadband. I won't be taking any space flights with virgin.
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Post by Tero » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:09 pm

He is a bit of a wheeler dealer. Like a used car salesman.

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Re: Bransons Tourist Spaceship Crashed

Post by cronus » Sat Nov 01, 2014 1:02 am

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... motor.html

Look at the soot coming out that engine? must be one of those Russian hand me downs from forty years ago?

SpaceShipTwo Flew on Untested Rocket

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed in the California desert Friday after testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight. The company said an “in-flight anomaly” occurred. Law enforcement said one pilot was killed and the other was seriously injured.

“During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of the vehicle,” Virgin Galactic said in a statement it released to NBC News. “Our first concern is the status of the pilots, which is unknown at this time. We will work closely with relevant authorities to determine the cause of this accident and provide updates as soon as we are able to do so.”

(continuous idiocy, not testing a rocket on the ground properley to save costs probably not a good idea...?)
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Post by JimC » Sat Nov 01, 2014 1:25 am

You may have misinterpreted "testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight."

This could be the first time it was tested in flight, not the first time it was tested per se.
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Post by cronus » Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:53 am

JimC wrote:You may have misinterpreted "testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight."

This could be the first time it was tested in flight, not the first time it was tested per se.
Testing to destruction is better done on the ground.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:39 am

This might be like the equivalent to Microsoft beta testing. Test it on the customer.
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Post by klr » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:30 pm

Tero wrote:He is a bit of a wheeler dealer. Like a used car salesman.
For people on this side of the pond, a true used car salesman requires a cockney accent. Think Michael Caine. :hehe:
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Post by mistermack » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:40 pm

klr wrote:
Tero wrote:He is a bit of a wheeler dealer. Like a used car salesman.
For people on this side of the pond, a true used car salesman requires a cockney accent. Think Michael Caine. :hehe:
Naaaah, think Swiss Toni.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:05 pm

JimC wrote:You may have misinterpreted "testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight."

This could be the first time it was tested in flight, not the first time it was tested per se.
Turns out it wasn't the motor anyway. They are now saying that the descent system deployed early.

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Post by klr » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:14 pm

Yep, it was a bit premature, a bit like the rush to blame the Russki motors.
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Post by mistermack » Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:54 pm

I'm mystified by the attraction of this project.
What the fuck is the big buzz of a few minutes of weightlessness? You're not going into orbit, you're just going up and coming straight back down. Not much difference from doing a free-fall parachute drop, without the excitement.
And for that you're paying hundreds of thousands.

You can get the feeling of weightlessness any time you want. Just jump in a swimming pool. You can have a few hours of weightlessness for nothing. Not a few minutes for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

You know what it's most probably about. Posers will pay it, to be able to say "I've been into space".
That's what it's about. Bragging rights.
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Post by Warren Dew » Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:20 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
JimC wrote:You may have misinterpreted "testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight."

This could be the first time it was tested in flight, not the first time it was tested per se.
Turns out it wasn't the motor anyway. They are now saying that the descent system deployed early.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29876154
Because the copilot, who did not survive, pushed the lever to deploy it.

I guess if you want to go out in a blaze of infamy, that's one way to do it.

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Re: Bransons Tourist Spaceship Crashed

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:01 am

Warren Dew wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
JimC wrote:You may have misinterpreted "testing a new rocket motor for the first time in flight."

This could be the first time it was tested in flight, not the first time it was tested per se.
Turns out it wasn't the motor anyway. They are now saying that the descent system deployed early.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29876154
Because the copilot, who did not survive, pushed the lever to deploy it.

I guess if you want to go out in a blaze of infamy, that's one way to do it.
He unlocked it early but it is a pretty big jump from there to "he did it on purpose"! :roll:

There's a whole list of possible explanations before we get to the spectacular suicide option - especially as neither man knew that unlocking it early would cause it to deploy. :tea:
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