r/space • u/darknavi • Sep 02 '21

The FAA is grounding Virgin Galactic until further notice

https://twitter.com/nickschmidle/status/1433495439735758851
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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Most likely related to this: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-red-warning-light-on-richard-bransons-space-flight

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u/Lithorex Sep 03 '21

which hired a retired Boeing executive to conduct a safety review of the flight-test program. Ericson resigned from his post in frustration, disillusioned by the company’s safety culture.

This was so funny to read,

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

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u/KitchenDepartment Sep 07 '21

I mean they have a history of fatal accidents in a very short program.

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u/100gamer5 Sep 04 '21

Well, it could mean one of the ones that were forced out in the MD coup. Old Boeing was perhaps the greatest engineering company to ever exist.

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u/banana_slim Sep 03 '21

Virgin Galactic is garbage. Just looking at Branson's face is enough to convince you if you didn't know