'We fell short' Emotional Richard Branson vows space mission WILL go on despite crash

express.co.uk ^ | November 1, 2014 | Aaron Brown

[Berlin_Freeper]

... He said: "We would love to finish what we started some years ago and I think pretty well all our astronauts would love us to finish and would love to go into space.

"I think millions of people in the world would one day love the chance to go to space and this is the start of a long programme."

[Berlin_Freeper]

On December 7, 2009, SpaceShipTwo was unveiled at the Mojave Spaceport. Branson told the 300 people attending, each of whom had booked rides at $200,000 each, that flights would begin “in 2011”. However, in April 2011, Branson announced further delays, saying “I hope 18 months from now, we’ll be sitting in our spaceship and heading off into space”

[JohnBrowdie]

meanwhile, NASA is doing muslim outreach, and when the russians aren’t assraping us, they’re shooting us into space.

[MUDDOG]

Oh, the humanity!

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Viennacon]

Branson is a disgusting troll. I wish his mission utter failure

[Smokin' Joe]

I wish his mission utter failure

You realize your wish will result in people getting killed if it comes true?

Sorry, but that's sick.

[Vermont Lt]

Sounds like you didn’t get the job....

[telstar12.5]

It is one thing to rocket up to 10 miles altitude - an entirely different thing to get up to 62 miles altitude.

Need more thrust, more burn time, better ship attitude control, and all that fun stuff. It may be why Rutan is retired to the Idaho ranch these days- he is no rocket scientist, just a good airplane designer.

Good luck with that new chunk spewing, nozzle-clogging plastic motor there, Virgin guys. You are going to need it.

[Fightin Whitey]

I wouldn't go so far as to wish his work end in tragedy.

But he is a lecherous, disgusting old sybarite.

[SandwicheGuy]

Branson is a disgusting troll. I wish his mission utter failure

Hmmm, and you have done what with your life?

[xrmusn]

I don't (REALLY) mean to be picky

BUT

IS 'WE FELL SHORT' an actual 'quote' for a 'serious' issue?

Admittedly the Brits have a dry sense of humor but even as sardonic, sarcastic and caustic as I may be, one may think it is really a tad 'over the top'.

[njslim]

Read article about accident posted on INSTAPUNDIT

Seems Ruttan ignored advice not to go with hybrid engine
using N2O (thats nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas)

Under certain conditions Nitrous oxide can explode because of large amout of energy stored in it (its an endothermic
compound - absords large amount of energy during creation)

Couple years back a tank of this stuff blew up during a test
killing 3 engineers.....

[Vermont Lt]

He seems to like girls. That seems to be rare these days.

[Bigg Red]

Agreed.

[Bigg Red]

I’ve always been a fan and admirer of Richard Brandon.

***
Richard Branson, though, is a jerk.

[Bigg Red]

He is very homely, in this woman’s opinion.

[Fightin Whitey]

He seems to like girls.

True enough.

Maybe someday he'll even graduate to women.

[Henry Hnyellar]

So do Hugh Heffner and Bill Clinton. What’s your point?