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2014-11-01 -Obits-

Well done report with photos of Virgin Galactic SpaceShip 2 Crash

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Posted by 3dc 2014-11-01 10:04|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ....That statement from SNC sounds to me like somebody knew this might be coming...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2014-11-01 15:56|| 2014-11-01 15:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like they did a lot of ground testing, but when they went to altitude, something changed - catastrophically. Might have been caused by temperature differential. We had that problem with the early X-class aircraft, too.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-11-01 17:11|| 2014-11-01 17:11|| Front Page Top

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