http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/15/virgin-responds-to-reports-about-wk2-altitude/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/15/virgin-responds-to-reports-about-wk2-altitude/comment-page-1/#comment-1331934 Mon, 19 May 2014 06:57:50 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2424#comment-1331934 It seems to me there has been a lot of talk but little action. Last year there was what? Three flights not to the specified height with months between flights. One would think think that if they were serious there would have been 20 or 30 flights by now each one to a greater height in quick succession. Spaceship 1 had many flights by now each each one to a higher altitude and with little time between flights. they even broke a wheel leg and were quickly flying again. That was with a new concept. There is something holding things up. Is a cancellation in the works?

]]> http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/05/15/virgin-responds-to-reports-about-wk2-altitude/comment-page-1/#comment-1331931 Mon, 19 May 2014 02:10:55 +0000 http://www.newspacejournal.com/?p=2424#comment-1331931 Prepare to be disappointed then Richard. 6 months of flight testing doesn’t seem sufficient to me. How long and how many flights do commercial aircraft (new ones that is) go through before obtaining certification? In addition, this is based on carbon fibre technology and I’m not sure how much the FAA knows about these materials even though they’ve been around for yonks. Anyone?
Cheers.

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