SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity - Fourth Flight - 12-13-2018

[dman]

100 km is space not 89 km

100 KM OR FIGHT ……!!

 

[GLS]

Feeling lazy enough not to open a new thread...

New flight!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1099015608824258560

https://twitter.com/x/status/1099037670880079872

https://twitter.com/x/status/1099105224768184321

https://twitter.com/x/status/1099019413200621568

...and again ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1099001569691889664

https://twitter.com/NukeSamuraiBot/status/1099003348882280451
https://twitter.com/risknc/status/1099006698600071168
https://twitter.com/NinaDragonborn/status/1099017563122683905

EDIT: corrected twitter embedding

Not reaching space is the least of their problems...

As Virgin Galactic Crew Celebrated Second Suborbital Flight, Problems Loomed Behind the Scenes​

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2021/02...tal-flight-problems-loomed-behind-the-scenes/

“SS2 elevons were replaced after last powered flight. Way too damaged to fly again. Whole structure ruptured. Landed long to avoid cameras,” said one source
“Mothership has problems too. Launch pylon is falling apart. SS2 is way to heavy. Way heavier than mothership was designed for,” the source said.