SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
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Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#2Most information seems to be on Twitter at the moment. Only official statement from Virgin is that the flight experienced an in-flight anomoly: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/virgin-voyage/virgin-galact...
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#3Nasaspaceflight.com has reports saying one pilot has been found alive and another didn't make it.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35117.270
What a terrible week. :(
Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#4Most information seems to be on Twitter at the moment. Only official statement from Virgin is that the flight experienced an in-flight anomoly: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/virgin-voyage/virgin-galact...
https://twitter.com/hashtag/SS2?src=hash for reference
Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#5This person is claiming to report from the scene: https://twitter.com/spacecom
Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#6Nasaspaceflight.com has reports saying one pilot has been found alive and another didn't make it. http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=35117.270 What a terrible week. :(
News reports cited that witnesses said they only saw a single chute. Very sad day indeed.
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#7While I can't imagine how tragic this must be for the families of the pilots, I just want to say that one of the pilots has given his everything for this cause: that one day we will not be a one-planet species.
For that alone, all involved are heroes.
Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#8From https://twitter.com/virgingalactic
> Virgin Galactic's partner Scaled Composites conducted a powered test flight of #SpaceShipTwo earlier today.
> During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of SpaceShipTwo. WK2 landed safely.
> 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 ASAP.
Re: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight
#9Condolences to the friends and family of anyone who may have perished in this event.
While this is a major set-back and bummer, at the same time it is far better that something like this happen during a test than during a commercial flight. Whatever the design, manufacturing, or process issues are, they will now be sussed out reducing the chance of a failure later on.
I sincerely hope this is not such a huge set-back that it totally derails Virgin/Scaled's approach as I love the fact that we have competing commercial concepts working at the same time.
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#10Its very sad but inevitable. At this cutting edge of technology and human endeavour, accidents are bound to happen.