On 9-11-2014 11:50, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:29:48 +0200, Francois Labreque
> <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>

>>> On 6-11-2014 17:58, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>
>>>> They should be sentenced to flying the next Virgin Galactic flight.
>>>>
>>> Too good for them. Tethered to the feathering device at the least :-)
>>>
>>> Sadly enough, vanguard projects like Virgin or Apollo /need/(?) a
>>> catastrophe from time to time to pinpoint weak spots in the design and -
>>> ultimately - make the end result better and safer. I have deep respect
>>> for the test pilots indeed.
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
>> Agreed. While all loss of life is tragic, it's better that these
>> problems were found in testing rather than during a commercial flight.
>>
>
> Agreed. I fully support them. I would love to be able to go on a Virgin
> Galactic flight one day.
>
> I think it would be really interesting to have test pilots consisting
> solely of moon landing conspiracy theorists :)
>
They would crash to prove their point ;-)

Thomas

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