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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by seanflyon on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:33PM (#8540975)
It looks like this was the first time they turned on the engine with a new fuel plastic base fuel. I don't understand why they had humans strapped in when testing an experimental fuel in an experimental rocket engine.

"During the nine months since the previous rocket-powered test in January, Virgin Galactic switched SpaceShipTwo's fuel mixture from a rubber-based compound to a plastic-based mix"

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by pwnna on Saturday November 01, 2014 @12:29AM (#8542189)
They definitely tested the engines on the ground[1]. You have to give the engineers the benefit of the doubt, at the very least.

[1]: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JBrl96U...

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