Sad to learn that SpaceShipTwo was lost in today's test flight. Hoping for the best, for the pilots.
Here's a CNN story, and a SpaceFlightNow story on the subject.
Update 11/1: One pilot was killed, the other parachuted out, seriously injured.
Update 11/3: It sounds like it's looking possible that the braking "tail feathers" (stabilizers) were deployed prematurely, about 9 seconds into the boost phase. Ugh. It's not good, to have all that stuff hanging out in the breeze, when the breeze is going thousands of miles per hour.
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Hi Kristan and Sumner:
ReplyDeleteRead and understood. Thanks to Sumners' reference listings and insight I am able to follow the space program. I had already read most of the articles, but SKH insight really adds perspective.
Gene.