SpaceShipTwo: razlika između inačica

Tijekom testnog leta [[31. listopada]] [[2014.]] prvi SS2 [[VSS Enterprise|VSS ''Enterprise'']] [[pad VSS Enterprisea|prelomio]] se usred leta i pao u pustinju Mojave. <ref name="NYT-20141031-KC">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |last2=Schwartz |first2=John |title=Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes in New Setback for Commercial Spaceflight |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/science/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-crashes-during-test-flight.html |date=31. listopada 2014. |work=New York Times |accessdate=1. studenoga 2014. }}</ref><ref name=sn20141031>{{cite news|last1=Foust|first1=Jeff|title=SpaceShipTwo Destroyed in Fatal Test Flight Accident|url=http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42391spaceshiptwo-destroyed-in-fatal-test-flight-accident|accessdate=31. listopada 2014.|work=Space News|date=31. listopada 2014.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes During Flight Test|date=31. listopada 2014. |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/virgin-voyage/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-crashes-during-flight-test-n238376}}</ref><ref name="Durden310Oct14">{{cite news|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Virgin-Galactics-SpaceShipTwo-Crashes223025-1.html|title = Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Crashes|accessdate = 31. listopada 2014.|last = Durden|first = Rick|date = 31. listopada 2014.| work = AVweb}}</ref> Preliminarna ispitivanja daju nalaze koji sugeriraju da je sustav ulaska bio uzrok, odnosno da se prerano otvorio brodski uređaj za spuštanje.<ref name="NYT-20141103-KC">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Investigators Focus on Tail Booms in Crash of Space Plane |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/business/international/virgin-galactic-plane-tail-booms-focus-of-investigation.html |date=3. studenoga 2014.|work=[[New York Times]] |accessdate=3. studenoga 2014. }}</ref><ref name="APN-20141103-BM">{{cite news |last=Melley |first=Brian |title=Spaceship's descent device deployed prematurely |url=http://apnews.excite.com/article/20141103/us--space_tourism-e62024cd1f.html |date=3. studenoga 2014. |work=[[AP News]] |accessdate=3. studenoga 2014. }}</ref> Jedan je pilot poginuo, a drugi je pretrpio tešku ozljedu ramena<ref name=dn20141103>

{{cite news |last1=Klotz|first1=Irene |title=SpaceShipTwo's Rocket Engine Did Not Cause Fatal Crash |url=http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/spaceshiptwos-rocket-engine-did-not-cause-fatal-crash-141103.htm |accessdate=3. studenoga 2014.|work=Discovery News |date=3. studenoga 2014.}}</ref> nakon što je padobranski padao s 50.000 stopa visine.<ref name="spaceflightnow.com">{{cite web |title=Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane crashes|date=31. listopada 2014.|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/10/31/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-suffers-anomaly-during-test-flight/}}</ref> Drugi SpaceShipTwo [[VSS Voyager|VSS ''Voyager'']] je u izgradnji.

 

Još kolovoza 2005. Virgin Galactic izjavio je ako let SpaceShipTwo bude uspješan, uslijedit će nova letjelica imena [[SpaceShipThree]].<ref name="FlightglobalSpaceShipThreePoisedToFollowIfSS2Succeeds">{{cite news|last1=Coppinger|first1=Rob|title=SpaceShipThree poised to follow if SS2 succeeds|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spaceshipthree-poised-to-follow-if-ss2-succeeds-201097/|accessdate=7. srpnja 2007.|language=eng.|publisher=[[Flightglobal]]|date=23. kolovoza 2005.|location=London}}</ref><ref name="slashdot">{{Cite web |url=http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157540&threshold=1&commentsort=5&tid=160&mode=nested&cid=13205378 |title=Notes on Rutan presentations at EAA Oshkosh |accessdate=7. srpnja 2007.|date=30. srpnja 2006. |language=eng.|author=jnhtx (87543) |publisher=Slashdot }}</ref>