PDF Review: A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes

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Oct 312014

The fourth October PDF Review has been posted over at the Aerospace Projects Review Blog. This links to Robert Goddard’s historic “A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes.”

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Oh god, this is bad: SS2 just crashed and killed the pilot & maybe one other.

This is way worse than the OSC LV.
Branson has deep pockets and may press on, but…what can you say.

Guys in Mojave watching say it was a catastrophic failure of the hybrid motor

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