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June 24th 04, 02:06 AM
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On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:50:21 GMT, Buzzer wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:58:19 -0400, Peter Kemp wrote: Looks like the flight did not go to plan. According to BBC reports quoting Rutan there were severe control problems that forced the pilot (ok, ok, astronaut) to resort to backup controls just after boost (uncommanded roll) and again near Apogee (nothing specific mentioned). He says they're not flying again until they know what the hell happened, and the next flight will not now be the first for the X-Prize, but another test flight. Can't say I blame him, and Starchaser (the next closest IIRC) are 18 months away, so time isn't that critical. Peter Kemp And besides they have to try and find all those stupid M&Ms he let loose in the cockpit. I had to laugh at that. If it were NASA they'd ground the Shuttle for two years and spend a billion dollars on a new "M&Ms-don't-become-airborne" system. 
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