Virgin Galactic Lose Spaceship Two, Fate of Pilots Unknown

[d000hg]

One thing is in doubt. His daughter will no longer be on the first flight and neither will he...

There is no way he would not go on the maiden voyage, it would be the worst PR possible.

[original PM]

Virgin Galactic crash: Branson 'should stick to mobile phones' says expert - Telegraph

summary for dear old Freako: Branson should stick to selling phones and stop playing with stuff he doesn't understand.

You think Branson knows how a mobile phone works any more than he does a rocket (rockets in general are probably simpler).

Also I hate this sort of thing - the only way we are going to advance as a civilization is by individuals breaking new boundaries - fook wits who think we should sit at home smoking the pipe, reading the telegraph and hating the p***s should go die quietly somewhere.

[MyUserName]

There is no way he would not go on the maiden voyage, it would be the worst PR possible.

The first couple of flights will not be called the maiden voyage, they will be called test flights. They will keep being called that until the technology is sufficiently proven and then he will jump in and call it the maiden voyage.

[original PM]

He's a business man, I doubt if he knows how any of it works.

It's a case of "make it so" just like the ****whits in charge of this place.

Interesting how many engineers have walked away from this particular enterprise(tm).

Oh, you could have had the same quote from the Wail & a shedload of others.

Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons

The main problem with this sort of venture is the same with any venture into the unknown - mistakes will be made, people will die and lessons will be learned.

We have to accept that is the price of progress as we have done since the dawn of time until Health and Safety removed the ability to take risks and therefore removed the ability to innovate.

[Churchill]

The main problem with this sort of venture is the same with any venture into the unknown - mistakes will be made, people will die and lessons will be learned.

We have to accept that is the price of progress as we have done since the dawn of time until Health and Safety removed the ability to take risks and therefore removed the ability to innovate.

WHS.

NASA and the Russians didn't get it right first time.

Fair play to the brave bastards who continue to put their lives on the line at the pointy end!

[OwlHoot]

Also I hate this sort of thing - the only way we are going to advance as a civilization is by individuals breaking new boundaries - fook wits who think we should sit at home smoking the pipe, reading the telegraph and hating the p***s should go die quietly somewhere.

WHS - Back in the 1880s no doubt smug carriage makers were scoffing at early car makers toiling in their garages, saying they should stick to horses and bicycles.

[Doggy Styles]

WHS.

NASA and the Russians didn't get it right first time.

Fair play to the brave bastards who continue to put their lives on the line at the pointy end!

What Churchill and Owlhoot and OPM said.

[NickFitz]

It's now being reported that some device intended to slow the craft down after re-entry deployed unexpectedly: BBC News - Virgin Galactic crash: Slowing device 'deployed early'

The fuel tanks and engines have been found intact, so that's one line of uninformed speculation closed off.

[minestrone]

Did I read it correct in the Sunday times that It was only the 4th time they have tried to fly the rocket part.

[d000hg]

Did I read it correct in the Sunday times that It was only the 4th time they have tried to fly the rocket part.

I don't know, but maybe you could try reading it again and report back? Try reading the words aloud slowly as you go.