Couldn’t have been a pleasant death.
Freeper DukeC posted this, this afternoon. Set it to 1700, and watch as the planes separate two planes appear, then the second one disappears a moment later.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3221846/posts
Two minutes. They release at 45k feet. Maximum burn is 16 minutes I heard and they peak out at 56 miles up 300k feet.
2 minutes into the burn 100k feet?
I guess this new super fuel could have used a little more testing time.
Every time I hear about private space flight, I anticipate Chuckie Schumer & his pals trying to ban it. I hope it doesn’t come true now.
Source: www.gizmodo.co.uk
Even the Wright Brothers suffered serious setbacks. Great things are accomplished with great risk.