Comments on: A shinier SpaceShipTwo takes to the skies, with a powered flight “soon” http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/12/12/a-shinier-spaceshiptwo-takes-to-the-skies-with-a-powered-flight-soon/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: K E http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/12/12/a-shinier-spaceshiptwo-takes-to-the-skies-with-a-powered-flight-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1113331 Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:04:52 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2226#comment-1113331 I really wish Virgin Galactic can be more specific on their definition of “soon.”

]]> By: Jeff Foust http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/12/12/a-shinier-spaceshiptwo-takes-to-the-skies-with-a-powered-flight-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1109231 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:07:16 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2226#comment-1109231 The error in the post has been corrected, sir. Thank you for pointing it out.

]]> By: antares http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/12/12/a-shinier-spaceshiptwo-takes-to-the-skies-with-a-powered-flight-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1105550 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:06:21 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2226#comment-1105550 Those are not “[t]he interior sections of the vehicle’s wings”. Those are the inboard surfaces of the vertical stabilizer.

I found your description confusing. Then I saw the picture. Then I knew your description is not confusing; it’s wrong. Yes, it makes a difference.

]]> By: Mader Levap http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/12/12/a-shinier-spaceshiptwo-takes-to-the-skies-with-a-powered-flight-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-1104890 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2226#comment-1104890 Definition of Soon(TM) is same regardless of industry.

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