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FlightBot Posted: Thu, Apr 9 2009 5:20 PM
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Flight testing has begun for spaceline start-up Virgin Galactic's carrier aircraft but after a five-year mission to reach the final frontier, is it all too big a leap? ...

Author: Rob Coppinger

Date: 14 April 2009

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SpaceCadet2100 replied on Thu, Apr 9 2009 5:23 PM

I think the biggest delay they have had is the explosion back in 2007 that killed three workers and injured three others. It has blown a giant hole in the development schedule and raised questions about safety and procedures. Yet it's not even mentioned in this story.

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fanstream replied on Tue, Apr 21 2009 7:47 AM

SSBJ & Suborbital Fanstream

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2846.msg42157

 

 
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