tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post3176894864315773270..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: Virgin Galactic's "SpaceShipTwo" Completes Suscessful Glide Testdrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-1639974958137165942016-12-14T09:32:29.181-08:002016-12-14T09:32:29.181-08:00Hopefully THIS time the pilots follow the @#%# che...Hopefully THIS time the pilots follow the @#%# checklist...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-13754547436698994972016-12-13T14:19:56.462-08:002016-12-13T14:19:56.462-08:00Well, that is just darn neat!Well, that is just darn neat!LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-15886274448611752492016-12-13T09:42:15.815-08:002016-12-13T09:42:15.815-08:00I remember that happening. Looking at those , I th...I remember that happening. Looking at those , I think I would rather just stick to a nice Cessna 172, myself! ;-)Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-14835788918564321262016-12-12T21:39:45.453-08:002016-12-12T21:39:45.453-08:00The center "pod" is a spacecraft. The ma...The center "pod" is a spacecraft. The main wing goes between the two outer "pods", which are the control cabins for the "mothership" that takes the spacecraft up to about 50,000' where it gets released. After falling safely clear, the spacecraft fires it's engine, and accelerates up to about Mach 3 or so. It then coasts all the way up to about 65 miles giving the passengers 10 minutes or more of "weightlessness" before "feathering it's wings, and gliding back to the spaceport where the mother ship launched it from.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-92129044194252588202016-12-12T21:00:14.620-08:002016-12-12T21:00:14.620-08:00That's a spaceship?That's a spaceship?LindaGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203719919661519350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-43281713642876984052016-12-12T16:30:16.516-08:002016-12-12T16:30:16.516-08:00Hope they continue to make progress.Hope they continue to make progress.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com