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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by JanSolo on Friday October 31, 2014 @03:27PM (#8540629)
You are right. Hybrid engines are not looking like the safe & reliable middle-ground between solid & liquid engines that they were made out to be.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by JshWright on Friday October 31, 2014 @03:31PM (#8540646)
"The best of both worlds" has an often overlooked twin sibling.. "The worst of both worlds"
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by smacktoward on Friday October 31, 2014 @03:40PM (#8540694)
Or as it's sometimes formulated, "the sports car-slash-dump truck problem."

In other words, you can build a great sports car, or a great dump truck. But there's no way to build a great sports car that is also a great dump truck.

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by csours on Friday October 31, 2014 @07:59PM (#8541691)
Maybe not, but you can always pivot[1]!

http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/transportation...

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by sib on Friday October 31, 2014 @07:35PM (#8541615)
"The only thing in the middle of the road is yellow lines and dead armadillos."
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by erobbins on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:43PM (#8541022)
all the performance of solids with all the complexities of liquids!
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