SpaceShipTwo flew another glide test today.
SpaceShipTwo flew another glide test today.
Not a powered flight however. See Doug Messier’s comments here about the slow pace of these powered tests, and how it raises questions about the company’s claim that it will be flying commercially next year.
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SpaceShipTwo flew another glide test today.
Not a powered flight however. See Doug Messier’s comments here about the slow pace of these powered tests, and how it raises questions about the company’s claim that it will be flying commercially next year.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Shows what can happen when ideology takes precedence over business considerations. Businesses can fail for any number of reasons and having an ideology incompatible with reality is a big one. The only reason this company is still around is deep pockets.
What ideology are you talking about?
XCOR is still around, and they don’t have any deep pockets to draw from.
Man, Virgin and Scalled are paying big time for Rutans over estimation of the safety/reliability/scalability of Hybrids.
….and the idea they could develop their own engine themselves and didn’t need to work with a engine maker.
Maybe next he will try to go green and use soybean oil and green tea extract to make orbit.
400 million dollars should be enough to see if that idea works.
That is about how much he has spent trying to force this hybrid to work. All so he could be different than everyone else.
He’s going to end up using a small liquid fuel engine and some disposable J-Tow solid fuel packs.
More than likely bought off the shelf from someone else.
I think this was a big reason why Branson informed Scaled they wouldn’t be asked to bid for SS3 (orbital) and why Rutan decided it was time to retire.
As to rocket engines, Yeah you can buy a lot of off the shelf liquid motors for what they spent on the hybrides, and get a smaller lighter package IN A LOT LESS THEN 10 YEARS!!!