I know it’s more exciting than the prosaic reality, but someone needs to tell the copy editor at MSNBC that there is nothing in this article to indicate that SpaceShipTwo is going into space this fall. All it says is that they may start drop tests.
Which raises the question again — do they have an engine yet?
that’s why i come here for space news
SNC recently fired the engine for 30 seconds. If they keep doing that every 6 months they’ll have an engine by 2030.
I swear, the more I read about their hybrid engine and its itenerate problems, the more I think that when one finds onself in a hole, one should first stop digging.
Just a rumor that Clark passed along from a couple of days ago.
http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=22730
Still nothing on the ROCKETMOTORTWO HOT-FIRE TEST SUMMARIES linked page.
Clark mentions an update on the Scaled website:
http://www.scaled.com/projects/rocketmotortwo_hot-fire_test_summaries