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FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s core spaceship pending probe into Richard Branson’s flight

SpaceShipTwo won’t fly until the FAA says it’s safe.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is grounded until the Federal Aviation Administration completes and signs off on an investigation into the company’s high-profile test flight carrying Richard Branson, the agency said Thursday. During that July flight, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo veered out of its approved airspace on its descent toward land, the FAA said.

The company “may not return the SpaceShipTwo vehicle to flight until the FAA approves the final mishap investigation report or determines the issues related to the mishap do not affect public safety,” an FAA spokesperson said on Thursday.
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The crew will study the effect on the human body as they move from gravity to a low-gravity atmosphere and provide insights for future spaceflight systems and technologies.
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So NASA and all the other space agencies of the world didn't study these effects in the last 50+ years that we need a billionaire with no purpose in life to figure out and add few more billions up his a**?
 
NASA missions and Virgin space tourism flights are going to be very different. NASA astronauts train for years. VG would be taking regular folks for a small duration of time. Any kind of research is beneficial for the project and science.
 


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