The test pilots who have been flying SpaceShipTwo report on their work at a test pilot symposium.
The test pilots who have been flying SpaceShipTwo report on their work at a test pilot symposium.
Lots of interesting engineering details about the ship’s flight capabilities, including one near disaster that was saved by SpaceShipTwo’s robust design. No details, however, on the state of the ship’s engine, or when further test flights at higher and higher altitudes will be attempted.
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The test pilots who have been flying SpaceShipTwo report on their work at a test pilot symposium.
Lots of interesting engineering details about the ship’s flight capabilities, including one near disaster that was saved by SpaceShipTwo’s robust design. No details, however, on the state of the ship’s engine, or when further test flights at higher and higher altitudes will be attempted.
Posted from home, Tucson, Arizona.
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
Sounds like the pilots had their hands full for a few seconds, test flight regimes come with all sorts of surprises, glad they were able to sort it out.
My nominee for engineering understatement of the year:
“After four turns, we spontaneously decided to activate the feathering device. It was designed for carefree reentry from space, not as a spin recovery system, but it functions well in that role.”
Last year’s nominee was the description of the Falcon 9 engine failure:
‘rapid unscheduled dis-assembly’