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Donger
10-31-2014, 12:49 PM
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SPACESHIPTWO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-10-31-14-16-21

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- Virgin Galactic has reported an unspecified problem during a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket.

The company tweeted Friday morning that SpaceShipTwo was flying under rocket power and then tweeted that it had "experienced an in-flight anomaly." The tweet said more information would be forthcoming.

Kern County Fire Department reports it is heading to a location in the Mojave Desert. California Highway Patrol Officer Darlena Dotson says the agency is responding to a report of a crash in the Cantil area.

SpaceShipTwo has been under development at Mojave Air and Spaceport in the desert northeast of Los Angeles.

SpaceShipTwo is carried aloft by a specially designed jet and then released before igniting its rocket for suborbital thrill ride into space and then a return to Earth as a glider.
Reerun_KC
10-31-2014, 12:53 PM
hum interesting
Big Poppa Payne
10-31-2014, 12:56 PM
I was afraid this would happen. Nobody builds spaceships as good as the aliens, we need to contract this shit out.
Donger
10-31-2014, 12:58 PM
Shit, it crashed. One parachute visible.
Donger
10-31-2014, 01:01 PM
http://media.thedenverchannel.com/photo/2014/10/31/Virgin_picture_1414781301353_9401749_ver1.0_640_480.jpg
Donger
10-31-2014, 01:04 PM
Damn. One of the pilots is dead and the other is seriously injured.
sd4chiefs
10-31-2014, 01:05 PM
It has been a bad week for Space ships

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Reerun_KC
10-31-2014, 01:06 PM
man not good.... they are aviation gods. hate to see this happen...
Dartgod
10-31-2014, 01:14 PM
Broke apart in mid-air?
DMAC
10-31-2014, 01:18 PM
Putin
Frosty
10-31-2014, 01:24 PM
That might put a dent in the tourism part.
Dayze
10-31-2014, 01:27 PM
Come for the weightlessness, stay for the free fall impact on the ground.
CaliforniaChief
10-31-2014, 01:29 PM
That's about an hour from where I live.

Crazy.
scho63
10-31-2014, 01:52 PM
Not a good week for space travel and Orbital Sciences HQ is 3 miles from me.

Their parking lot was jam packed 1/2 hour after their rocket blew up as every engineer and tech person who wasn't onsite watching the launch was called in. My GF's brother-in-law is a engineer there and he said the pressure is so intense as this is the first FU they have really had. There is internal rumors of possible Russian sabotage and excessive cost cutting that added to the problem.

Time will hopefully tell the true story....
alpha_omega
10-31-2014, 01:52 PM
Tweeted? Isn't this press conference worthy?
Rain Man
10-31-2014, 01:54 PM
Broke apart in mid-air?

Mid-space.
BigRichard
10-31-2014, 01:57 PM
Mid-space.

Oh shit!!!

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfwr1gFZSy1qzr77to1_r1_500.png
Just Passin' By
10-31-2014, 01:58 PM
According to a report,

In flight problem = Rocket blew up on ignition
Dante84
10-31-2014, 02:03 PM
Tweeted? Isn't this press conference worthy?

Welcome to the internet, friend
Dayze
10-31-2014, 02:03 PM
If they were the ones reporting, then Dale Earnhardt had a fender bender.
ptlyon
10-31-2014, 02:04 PM
Come for the weightlessness, stay for the free fall impact on the ground.

ROFL this had me in tears
Red Dawg
10-31-2014, 02:28 PM
I was afraid this would happen. Nobody builds spaceships as good as the aliens, we need to contract this shit out.

Nice!
vailpass
10-31-2014, 02:30 PM
Good luck ever selling a single seat on this thing. Program doomed...
Marcellus
10-31-2014, 02:45 PM
Good luck ever selling a single seat on this thing. Program doomed...

Well considering they just crashed their only space plane, I would guess its pretty much a done deal.
Dayze
10-31-2014, 02:47 PM
Probably shot down by the government.
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Donger
10-31-2014, 02:51 PM
Well considering they just crashed their only space plane, I would guess its pretty much a done deal.

They have actually built two already of a planned five total.
ModSocks
10-31-2014, 02:58 PM
Probably shot down by the government.
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Obama's fault
keg in kc
10-31-2014, 02:58 PM
Not a good week for spacecraft.
Dayze
10-31-2014, 03:00 PM
I'm expecting an ad on TV th is weekend here in Kansas explaining why this is Greg Or man's fault.
BlackHelicopters
10-31-2014, 04:18 PM
Thanks Bin Laden
keg in kc
10-31-2014, 04:22 PM
I'm expecting an ad on TV th is weekend here in Kansas explaining why this is Greg Or man's fault.Or Paul Davies.

God I can't wait until this fucking election is over.
Zebedee DuBois
10-31-2014, 04:27 PM
I have an in-law that is on the Spaceship2 team. Family hasn't heard anything from him, I'm sure all hands are on deck. This has to be crushing for the team. Prayers to the pilots and families.
Just Passin' By
10-31-2014, 04:32 PM
Not a good week for spacecraft.

Imagine how the insurance companies feel.
vailpass
10-31-2014, 04:34 PM
I have an in-law that is on the Spaceship2 team. Family hasn't heard anything from him, I'm sure all hands are on deck. This has to be crushing for the team. Prayers to the pilots and families.

Thoughts out...
Donger
11-03-2014, 11:14 AM
Preliminary evidence shows that the feathers were deployed during powered flight. If that's correct, Frankie was right after all... It broke apart in mid-air:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/11/03/1414996207797_wps_41_This_three_image_combo_ph.jpg