Posted on 11/06/2014 8:49:16 AM PST by rktman
The Virgin Galactic rocket plane had just broken the sound barrier and was shooting toward the heavens when it began disintegrating, battered by powerful aerodynamic forces. The pilots were strapped into their seats as entire pieces were torn from SpaceShipTwo. At more than 10 miles high, with fingers no doubt numb from the cold, Peter Siebold somehow escaped from the hurtling wreckage.
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I code complex home automation code and I can see one interface overlooking another in the real world. Fortunately for me, no life and death consequences when testing.
I was wondering how he survived. Can’t wait to read more as it comes out.
Wow, rocket tears itself apart, he’s thrown clear of the wreckage in his chair, falls in the chair for 30,000 feet, then unstraps and deploys a parachute.
That’s amazing!
Yeagaresque?
Good to hear Bob Hoover is still giving interviews at 92.
A 92 year old test pilot is the definition of “One of the Greatest Pilots, ever”
Sounds like his Guardian Angel was on hazard duty.
LOL! Funny that he attributes his current physical condition to some of those mishaps and not his age. I guess the combo of incidents and age should weigh in. Tough hombres.
Except when the machines rise... ;-)
Well, at least they finally figured out whether it was the pilot or co-pilot that got killed. The news media kept alternating between the two for the week after the accident. Frankly, it was getting pretty annoying.
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