Cosmos does not forgive mistakes
Today, another disaster occurred in a private space program. US media reported the explosion of SpaceShipTwo and the death of one of the two pilots.
SpaceShipTwo is a reusable manned suborbital spacecraft (rocket-glider).
The rocket launcher carries up to 8 people (6 passengers + 2 pilots), the launch is made from the carrier aircraft. The goal is a suborbital flight at altitudes of about 100 km.
Today, a suborbital rocket plane was tested with the launch of a hybrid rocket engine (a dangerous technology, they already had an explosion and victims in 2007).
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Rocketplan crashed in the eastern part of the Mojave Desert . One of the pilots may have survived by parachuting.
UPDATE
The braking system was activated prematurely - during engine operation.
Virgin Galactic rocket plane deployed braking system prematurely
SpaceShipTwo is a reusable manned suborbital spacecraft (rocket-glider).
The rocket launcher carries up to 8 people (6 passengers + 2 pilots), the launch is made from the carrier aircraft. The goal is a suborbital flight at altitudes of about 100 km.
Today, a suborbital rocket plane was tested with the launch of a hybrid rocket engine (a dangerous technology, they already had an explosion and victims in 2007).
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Rocketplan crashed in the eastern part of the Mojave Desert . One of the pilots may have survived by parachuting.
UPDATE
The braking system was activated prematurely - during engine operation.
Virgin Galactic rocket plane deployed braking system prematurely
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/362471/
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