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Virgin Galactic spacecraft makes 1st crewed flight
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| Jul 17
Posted on 07/17/2010 8:36:18 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- A company working to send tourists on suborbital flights says it has tested its spacecraft with a crew for the first time.
Virgin Galactic says the craft remained attached to a specially designed airplane throughout a six-hour flight over California's Mojave desert Thursday....
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: bertrutan; burtrutan; sirrichardbranson; spacecraft; virgin; virgingalactic
To: Elderberry; ColdOne; Tolkien; FreedomPoster; FrPR; BP2; mrreaganaut; Las Vegas Dave; Hell to pay; ..
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:48:50 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(The meek shall inherit the Earth... the rest of us will take the stars!)
To: JoeProBono
A six hour flight? I hope they didn’t drink coffee before the flight!
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:49:21 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: JoeProBono
I wonder what would have happened if it was a 3 hour tour over CA...
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:55:31 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Founders revolted for less.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:00:48 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:02:43 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: JoeProBono
Well, finally some news about Rutan and Virgin Galactic. Is this the first flight since the offical first tethered flight? If it is I have to say their test program is moving with agonizing slowness.
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:02:49 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: saganite
Sir Richard Branson (left) and Bert Rutan, the brains behind Virgin Galactic
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:06:09 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
You can make good money testing stuff.
To: saganite
In the current political environment, they can’t afford to have any more tragic incidents. They are being very careful.
To: StolarStorm
So this is the second tethered flight total? They rolled it out quite a while ago. This pace of testing suggests to me that it isn’t an abundance of caution but instead a problem with the design.
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posted on
07/17/2010 9:49:01 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: wastedyears
A 3 Hour Tour! The weather could get rough and they could get stuck on and island somewhere.
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posted on
07/17/2010 10:40:53 AM PDT
by
dis.kevin
(Dry white toast)
To: saganite
This was the first flight with a crew in the release vehicle, but it remained tethered during the entire flight as I read it.
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posted on
07/17/2010 10:41:29 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: dis.kevin
A 3 Hour Tour! The weather could get rough and they could get stuck on and island somewhere. I see a new show coming .. Gilligan's Planet
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posted on
07/17/2010 11:51:28 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
To: JoeProBono
Looks like a vibrator with wings.
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posted on
07/17/2010 3:24:33 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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