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Old June 19th 07, 10:51 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Alex Terrell
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Default EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights

On 18 Jun, 23:16, Joe Strout wrote:
In article .com,
Alex Terrell wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm


Interesting. I'd be a bit nervous about reentry in that thing, though
-- if the pilot gets the attitude wrong (or the RCS fails somehow), you
won't be a meteor, but you'll play one on TV.


What if the pilot gets a heart attack? Single pilot operations aren't
allowed on commercial airliners.