Re: Live SpaceShipOne coverage on NASA TV

From: Jon Berndt (jsb_at_at.hal-pc-dot.org)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:38:28 -0500

"dave schneider" wrote:

> 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).

Number of complete rolls during an ascent to space:

Space Shuttle: ~1 (initial roll to heading, and roll to heads-up)
SS1: >25

Impressive. ;-)

Jon

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