[amsat-bb] Virgin Galactic "SpaceShipTwo" crash

[Bryce Salmi]

My $0.02

Routine: performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special
reason.

Does not imply completely safe. Spaceflight will be routine when people no
longer care about a rocket launch happening. It's a sad thought but how
many people look up at a plane flying overhead today?

Very few.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bryce,
>
> In nearly 40 years as a pilot, both military and commercial, I had many
> uneventful flights, but none I
> treated as routine.
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
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> Behalf Of Bryce Salmi
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> <
> <Spaceflight will be routine. However, routine is not defined as 100%
> safe. Even driving down the
> street is not 100% safe, but
> <it is routine.
> <
> <Sent from my iPhone
> <
> <> On Oct 31, 2014, at 13:02, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:
> <>
> <> Just breaking:
> <>
> <> http://preview.tinyurl.com/l5565d3
> <>
> <> Another reminder that flight is never routine.
> <>
> <>
> <> Alan
> <> WA4SCA
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