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Watch a Virgin Galactic Test Flight from Onboard the Engine
"This is what a Virgin Galactic supersonic flight with the SpaceShipTwo looks
like, up close and personal. It's not quite space, but it's still damn gorgeous to watch. Virgin Galactic conducted its second supersonic test flight over the Mojave desert. After being released from the WhiteKnightTwo mothership at 42,000 feet, SpaceShipTwo fired a column of flames from the engine before reaching an altitude of 69,000 feet. And they got the whole thing on tape." See: http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-virgin-ga...-en-1263318278 |
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Watch a Virgin Galactic Test Flight from Onboard the Engine
David Spain wrote:
On 9/6/2013 1:04 PM, wrote: http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-virgin-ga...-en-1263318278 WK2 has four engines doesn't it? I suppose that could have been something else leaving the two contrails? Or are the engines on either side of the WK2 close enough they might have merged? rick jones -- Don't anthropomorphize computers. They hate that. - Anonymous these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Watch a Virgin Galactic Test Flight from Onboard the Engine
On 7/09/2013 3:04 AM, wrote:
"This is what a Virgin Galactic supersonic flight with the SpaceShipTwo looks like, up close and personal. It's not quite space, but it's still damn gorgeous to watch. Virgin Galactic conducted its second supersonic test flight over the Mojave desert. After being released from the WhiteKnightTwo mothership at 42,000 feet, SpaceShipTwo fired a column of flames from the engine before reaching an altitude of 69,000 feet. And they got the whole thing on tape." See: http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-virgin-ga...-en-1263318278 Oh right. A suspended box containing a moveable large mass. When the mass is moved inside the box, the box moves in the other direction, so as to maintain the same centre of gravity overall. Usefulness for propulsion - exactly zero. Sylvia. |
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Watch a Virgin Galactic Test Flight from Onboard the Engine
On 9/6/2013 7:42 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
David Spain wrote: On 9/6/2013 1:04 PM, wrote: http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-virgin-ga...-en-1263318278 WK2 has four engines doesn't it? I suppose that could have been something else leaving the two contrails? Or are the engines on either side of the WK2 close enough they might have merged? rick jones They look merged to me. You can get a better feel for the contrails from the ground video seen he http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqYAQ...8tlJwJvkNMmnKg Dave |
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