Space Ship 2 crashed during test flight

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Matt Gunsch
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Space Ship 2 crashed during test flight

Fri Oct 31, 2014 2:22 pm

1 confirmed, 1 has major injuries
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/31/virgin ... s-crashed/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /18253295/
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Re: Space Ship 2 crashed during test flight

Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:34 pm

Sad news :(
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Re: Space Ship 2 crashed during test flight

Sat Nov 01, 2014 5:36 am

Awful news. Terrible that a life was lost...
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Re: Space Ship 2 crashed during test flight

Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:03 am

Awful news indeed! Condolences to the co-pilots family and friends. I hope the pilot recovers soon. Sad week for the commercial space program with both major incidents. I understand now that the Virgin failure was due to a premature deployment of the "feathering action" which transitions the craft into its shuttlecock mode.

I've yet to see a photo of the potentially luckiest sailboat in Virginia which temporarily halted the failed Cygnus launch.
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