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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:Huge setback by itzly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Becoming a millionaire is easy. Just start with a few billion and create your own space company.

  2. Re:Using NASA's dictionary by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    You might be thinking of Neil Armstrong's comments after the 'flying bedstead' crash.

    That sounds plausible. Or Gemini 8. Or any number of things. He was a test pilot on some pretty extraordinary things, and pretty famous for being cool under pressure.

    Neil Armstrong was someone who is entitled to a place of honor in the Big Brass Ones Club.

    Chuck Norris would think twice about messing with Neil Armstrong. ;-)

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  3. Re:Not a good week... by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 4, Funny

    When the New World was discovered and colonized, it did not mean that Europe had to die off as a result. It just meant that people like you were left behind in it.