Space Ship One Launch

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Jim Thomas wrote:

I noted from the TV news reports that Mr. Melville was wearing only a
flight suit and an oxygen mask (no full or partial pressure suit).
Does anyone know whether the cockpit was pressurized? If not (and even
if so) this was pretty risky.

If he wasn't in a pressure suit, the cabin had to have been pressurized or
he would
not have been able to survive.

During the post event news conference, I asked those questions. Mr.
Melvill's responses we no, he does not wear anything other than flight
suit, helmet, and parachute; yes, the cabin is pressurized [to 14 psi]; it
is tested at 34 psi for a number of hours; the only leaks are at control
interfaces and they are tiny; one pre-launch check item is cracking open a
valve from an air-bottle to trickle air into the cabin. He said the dual
pane windows and tight fit of the door are excellent and he does not
consider depressurization a risk to consider.

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
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During the post event news conference, I asked those questions. Mr.
Melvill's responses we no, he does not wear anything other than flight
suit, helmet, and parachute; yes, the cabin is pressurized [to 14 psi]; it
is tested at 34 psi for a number of hours; the only leaks are at control
interfaces and they are tiny; one pre-launch check item is cracking open a
valve from an air-bottle to trickle air into the cabin. He said the dual
pane windows and tight fit of the door are excellent and he does not
consider depressurization a risk to consider.


Yeah, and a DC-10 can't lose all it's hydraulics.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Pete" wrote:
True. But we may never know for sure if there was another.

Agreed. I read a very plausible article some time ago which suggested
Gagarin was third.

Steven -

Do you have a cite for the article, please?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message
True. But we may never know for sure if there was another.
Agreed. I read a very plausible article some time ago which suggested
Gagarin was third.

Steven -

Do you have a cite for the article, please?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message
True. But we may never know for sure if there was another.
Agreed. I read a very plausible article some time ago which suggested
Gagarin was third.

Steven -

Do you have a cite for the article, please?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message
True. But we may never know for sure if there was another.
Agreed. I read a very plausible article some time ago which suggested
Gagarin was third.

Steven -

Do you have a cite for the article, please?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Pete" wrote in message
True. But we may never know for sure if there was another.
Agreed. I read a very plausible article some time ago which suggested
Gagarin was third.

Steven -

Do you have a cite for the article, please?

Yeah, and a DC-10 can't lose all it's hydraulics.

I don't recall that Burt Rutan ever worked for Convair or Lockheed, and even if he did I doubt that anyone as clever as he could make the same mistake twice.

Incidentally, if you check out the Boeing 747 of the same vintage the same thing couldn't happen - do you know why?

Rgds,

Derrick.

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"Jim Atkins" wrote in message

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Glenn and Shepard in the sense of seeing a real first-

Let's not forget Yuri in there.

And don't forget Leika, who probably had as much
say in the matter as Yuri. Even though she had twice
the number of legs, she had only a one-way ticket poor
thing.

And let's not forget all the monkeys and various other animals that preceded
Laika in Britain and the USA, they didn't usually survive either.
Rgds,

Derrick.

"Stop SPAM" wrote (five times)...
^^^^ ^^^^
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How ironic...