So Virgin Galactics plane has crashed...

[The Artist]

2 Pilots on board.

https://gizmodo.com/virgin-galactic-experiences-first-major-accident-possi-1653360863

https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/528254804888682498

https://i.imgur.com/7Y7GNiY.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/0CgUqGl.png

https://i.imgur.com/H3laag4.jpg

[Fisty]

Branson on board?
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[Rogerborg]

Heroes, etc.

Now suck it up, shrug it off, and boldly go.

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[WD Forte]

Virgin galactic?
What planet was it they crashed on?
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[Flatbadger]

[Skudd]

Must have been a Muslim pilot dying for a Virgin
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[Llama-Farmer]

RIP to the pilot.

Advancing an industry and pushing the frontiers is always risky as its unchartered territory.
But somebody has to do it, and kudos to RB for doing it, and to the people involved who are quite literally risking their lives for technological advancement.


Without these kind of people who are willing to take the risks and steps for progression, the world wouldn't be what it is now.



Also would have been very sad to see that Space Ship Two had crashed even if both pilots had survived unharmed.
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[oldpink]

tragedy
for one I'd love to be able to afford a ticket
would complete my bucket list, maybe in more ways than one

hats of to the test pilot, these guys know the risks but still take them
and to RB for having faith in his project
we need people like this to push the frontier but have to expect setbacks
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[MC]

Apparently Justin Bieber has a ticket
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[Polarbear]

Testing untried technology - these things happen and people die.

Not nice but you sign up to dangerous jobs, you get paid and take the risk, bit like that Ken Bigley bloke who had his head chopped off or a soldier in a war zone.

I'm not saying I'm unfeeling but c'est la vie.
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[hellkat]

*wonders whether Elon Musk is opening the Bollinger right now*
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[The Wobbly Orange]

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