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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes

Posted by Soulskill on from the keep-trying dept.

Fallen Kell writes: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has crashed. "'During the test. the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of the vehicle,' the company said in a statement. "The WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft landed safely. Our first concern is the status of the pilots, which is unknown at this time.'"" ABC says one person is dead, and another injured. This was the craft's fourth powered test flight, and its first since January.

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  1. Re:That's a shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    truly reliable

    I don't think you're using those words correctly

  2. Re:Not a good week... by ganjadude · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    i know right? we should listen to the people who tell us that tell us the government can fix everything if we just give them more of our own money instead

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  3. Re:Not a good week... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And I'm glad not everyone is an uncritical gee-whiz geek raised on sci-fi and unable to understand reality.

    No one's going anywhere. A suborbital joyride in a tin can for a few rich people is hardly this amazing thing that a "wider audience" is waiting for.

    Absurd.

  4. Re:Not a good week... by MightyMartian · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh just fuck off. Jesus people like you piss off; chronic naysayers with egos so fucking small they have to bemoan everything.

    If life sucks so much for you mate, find the nearest fucking ten story building and jump off the top.

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  5. Re:Not a good week... by DerekLyons · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Once again the brutal truth is modded down because the easily bruised egos of the space fanbois can't deal with reality.