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Richard Branson unveils Virgin Galactic spaceplane
A link to the video and whole article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8400353.stm Quote:
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SpaceShip Two sadly lost with crew death and injury as well
Sad news that the new experimental fuel aboard SpaceShip Two appears to have exploded and the aircraft crashed causing the death of the co-pilot and severe injury to the pilot in the Mojave Desert yesterday.
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Philip Last edited by Philip Argy; 1st November 2014 at 01:42 PM. |
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Update:
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo: Co-pilot killed, pilot injured in test flight crash in California http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-0...flight/5859442 |
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New evidence changes everything
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Instead the focus is on erroneous deployment of the re-entry tail wing feathering mechanism, the cause of which could range from mechanical failure to pilot error. Cockpit video already viewed shows the co-pilot moving the locking lever from the lock to the unlock position at Mach 1.0 - a move that should not occur before Mach 1.4. However, although the feathering lever was NOT activated, the tailwings did move toward the feathered position two seconds after the unlock lever was moved. A further two seconds thereafter the space craft began to disintegrate in flight. So it's back to 'watch this space': http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/2...mojave_ca.html
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Further information
This article contains a reasonably comprehensive report and also some commentary (some of which is technically ill informed):
http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/11/03...m-prematurely/
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