Re: Live SpaceShipOne coverage on NASA TV

From: Andre Lieven (dg411_at_FreeNet.Carleton.CA)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: 29 Sep 2004 21:10:33 GMT

dave schneider (d_schneider@emulex.com) writes:
> Many news sites (Yahoo, BBC, Google, Reuters,...) with articles saying
> flight was successful despite some control problems, which might be a
> form of PIO (Pilot Induced Oscillations).

Yeah, he did say, at his press conference, that he might have
been the cause of the roll.
 
> Cut off the engine early, so didn't use the whole increased fuel
> supply (or increased oxidizer supply? Wasn't it the NOX that was
> increased?).

That, I don't recall. But, they did specify that the engine was
shut down 11 seconds early. And, that had they fired it for the
full duration, that they believed that they could have attained
360,000 feet.

Andre 

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