The disaster of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo has brought under public scrutiny problematics of safety in the suborbital space tourism industry. On that fateful October 31st, SpaceShipTwo was dropped from WhiteKnightTwo, the aircraft carrier, at an altitude of about 15,000 meters. The rocket motor was ignited a couple of seconds later and it had been burning for 13... Read more →
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