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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThat’s remarkably cheap.
minus-squarekowanatsi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoAnd remarkably non-existent? They talk about fleets when they can barely scrape together a single airframe that doesn’t fall apart
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWhich of VG’s airframes fell apart?
minus-squarekowanatsi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoOh the conclusion was pilot error: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/co-pilots-error-caused-virgin-galactic-crash-says-ntsb-180956101/ But reading the through the findings you’d think there would’ve been some failsafe system before the maneuver
That’s remarkably cheap.
And remarkably non-existent? They talk about fleets when they can barely scrape together a single airframe that doesn’t fall apart
Which of VG’s airframes fell apart?
Oh the conclusion was pilot error:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/co-pilots-error-caused-virgin-galactic-crash-says-ntsb-180956101/
But reading the through the findings you’d think there would’ve been some failsafe system before the maneuver