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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by fnordfnordfnord on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:42PM (#8541016)
>there's no need not in this day and age to have test pilots.

Good point. What does the FAA say about unmanned rocket powered flight tests?

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by spiritplumber on Friday October 31, 2014 @08:12PM (#8541738)
If a regulation is putting human lives at risks, the regulation has to go.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by learc83 on Friday October 31, 2014 @06:42PM (#8541460)
Not sure, but SpaceX has performed plenty of them.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by termain on Friday October 31, 2014 @07:15PM (#8541564)
Not so much over the US, though.
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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by krisoft on Friday October 31, 2014 @09:05PM (#8541857)
I would beg to differ. SpaceX certainly flown unmanned, rocket powered test flights both from McGregor[1], and Cape Canaveral[2]. Those were in the US last time I checked.

1:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Flight_tes... 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Launch_history

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by kashkhan on Saturday November 01, 2014 @03:14PM (#8544229)
plenty of companies do them. Ask Elon Musk.
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