"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
10/31/2014 at 15:17 • Filed to: None
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"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
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sorry guys I'm driving so I can't link it but the news is saying that the Virgin Galactic spaceship one or two whatever its called, has had an accident and exploded in the Mojave Desert you may want to google it
Frosted
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/31/2014 at 15:19 |
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Steve in Manhattan
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/31/2014 at 15:20 |
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MSNBC reports one dead, one injured, commenter says it would be impossible survive a jump from 70,000+ miles up. Parachutes were spotted over the Mojave Desert.
Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
> Steve in Manhattan
10/31/2014 at 15:22 |
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70,000+ MILES up?! Yeah, that would be impossible as that's well into space. lol
Dusty Ventures
> Steve in Manhattan
10/31/2014 at 15:25 |
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Commenter must have never heard of Felix Baumgartner. Or Bill Weaver who ejected from a SR-71 at 78,000 feet and Mach 3
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Steve in Manhattan
> Dusty Ventures
10/31/2014 at 15:28 |
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Forgot 3 critical words: without a space suit. Not known whether the test pilots (they were testing a new engine) were wearing the right gear.
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Steve in Manhattan
> Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/31/2014 at 15:29 |
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Virgin Galactic press conference at 5PM EST.
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Dusty Ventures
> Steve in Manhattan
10/31/2014 at 15:31 |
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IIRC the Scaled Composites/Virgin guys have always worn pressure suit gear when doing high altitude testing, even when not going all the way up to space. I'd be shocked if they weren't wearing any during this test, especially if they had parachutes. Pretty dumb to take the precautionary measure of a chute and negate it's usefulness by not wearing a suit.
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Steve in Manhattan
> Dusty Ventures
10/31/2014 at 15:33 |
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Agreed.
For Sweden
> Dusty Ventures
10/31/2014 at 15:39 |
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Do they wear full pressure suits for tests? I've seen pictures of pilots just in a normal flight suit while flying SS1, but that may just be low-altitude testing.
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Dusty Ventures
> For Sweden
10/31/2014 at 16:10 |
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I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. I wish I could find my collection of photos I saved from their record flights. I've got them on one of my external hard drives, but can't find the drive right now.
Tripper
> Dusty Ventures
10/31/2014 at 16:32 |
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Felix jumped from 24 miles not 70,000
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Dusty Ventures
> Tripper
10/31/2014 at 16:34 |
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Yeah, but I think it's pretty clear 70,000 miles is a typo and the person meant to say 70,000 feet. After all, 70,000 miles is more than a quarter of the way to the moon.
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Tripper
> Dusty Ventures
10/31/2014 at 16:47 |
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nah I ran that far yesterday lol