Another Commercial Space disaster, this one manned

Gargamel · 10-31-14, 01:50 PM

Virgin galactic just reported they lost SpaceShip 2, manned with 2 pilots. Their status is unknown at this time, but chutes were sighted over the Mojave.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/vir...t-test-n238376

Gargamel · 10-31-14, 01:53 PM

CHP is now reporting 1 fatality, 1 major injury.

Oberon · 10-31-14, 01:53 PM

Damn...hope that the crew made it out alright.

Dread Knot · 10-31-14, 01:57 PM

From space rush to sage brush. A lousy week for space travel.

Oberon · 10-31-14, 01:57 PM

Damn, that's bad news. May he RIP and I hope the other one recovers.

Wolferz · 10-31-14, 03:15 PM

VG ain't virgin no more.

Platapus · 10-31-14, 07:42 PM

We can only hope that Justin Beber will have the first ride.

Oberon · 10-31-14, 08:00 PM

Cybermat47 · 10-31-14, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

We can only hope that Justin Beber will have the first ride.

Don't you think it's a bit too soon to be joking about this?

d@rk51d3 · 10-31-14, 11:16 PM

Never too soon for Bieber.

razark · 10-31-14, 11:28 PM

Sad, but it's not unexpected. Flight testing has never been and never will be risk free.

I just hope that this week's incidents won't put to big a drag on commercial space programs.

ikalugin · 11-01-14, 12:20 AM

I guess suborbital flight still counts as space flight.

Betonov · 11-01-14, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikalugin

I guess suborbital flight still counts as space flight.

It's a gradual process.
Gone are the times when America and Russia built a huge single use rocket and blasted things directly into space.
Virgin Galactic is developing a ''space plane'' that can fly up there, not ride a booster rocket like the shuttle. To eventually move things into orbit with half the fuel of a shuttle or Soyuz needed.

ikalugin · 11-01-14, 03:32 AM

I think that you still need to reach orbit in order to deliver anything there.

Meaning that the current space plane by Virgin has very little value apart from getting tourists into "space".

That said, maybe some one will make a working space plane, there were many projects (including ones by USSR/Russia) but so far all of them failed.

Example:

Cybermat47 · 11-01-14, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Never too soon for Bieber.

Fair enough

10-31-14, 01:50 PM	#1
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Another Commercial Space disaster, this one manned Virgin galactic just reported they lost SpaceShip 2, manned with 2 pilots. Their status is unknown at this time, but chutes were sighted over the Mojave. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/vir...t-test-n238376 __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

10-31-14, 01:53 PM	#2
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,272 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	CHP is now reporting 1 fatality, 1 major injury. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	VG ain't virgin no more. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We can only hope that Justin Beber will have the first ride. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,725 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Sad, but it's not unexpected. Flight testing has never been and never will be risk free. I just hope that this week's incidents won't put to big a drag on commercial space programs. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Damn...hope that the crew made it out alright.

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Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hawkeye State Highlands Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	From space rush to sage brush. A lousy week for space travel.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20

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d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,917 Downloads: 193 Uploads: 0	Never too soon for Bieber.

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I guess suborbital flight still counts as space flight.

11-01-14, 03:32 AM	#14
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I think that you still need to reach orbit in order to deliver anything there. Meaning that the current space plane by Virgin has very little value apart from getting tourists into "space". That said, maybe some one will make a working space plane, there were many projects (including ones by USSR/Russia) but so far all of them failed. Example: