"Test article"
That's a new one to me!
1 posted on
10/27/2013 8:10:07 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Dream Chaser on the runway with landing gear deployed. Credit: NASA 2 posted on
10/27/2013 8:13:22 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Dream Chaser “flipped over on the runway” after touchdown. Probably going to take a little more than Bondo and light buffing to fix that..........Just guessing.
3 posted on
10/27/2013 8:17:14 PM PDT by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: BenLurkin
NASA used to refer to their prototypes as test articles.
Usually it is a nonfunctional scale mockup designed to test functionality of various systems.
Sometimes destructively.
4 posted on
10/27/2013 8:18:37 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: BenLurkin
“Suffering anomalies Batman! This bureaucratese is sure hard to understand!”
7 posted on
10/27/2013 8:21:26 PM PDT by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: BenLurkin
"I've got a blowout damper three, engine's gone I can't hold altitude...Flight Comm I can't hold her, she's breaking up, she's breaking up!"
8 posted on
10/27/2013 8:26:34 PM PDT by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: BenLurkin
Not uncommon in the aerospace industry. There were test articles for the shuttle and we built 3 test article external tanks (fuel tanks for the shuttle system) for different fact finding test.
14 posted on
10/27/2013 9:15:01 PM PDT by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: BenLurkin
A report at NASA Spaceflight.com indicated that the Dream Chaser “flipped over on the runway” after touchdown.An ANOMALY!!??? What has to happen for it to be called a "crash"??
16 posted on
10/27/2013 9:24:24 PM PDT by
DustyMoment
(Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
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