SS2 First Feather Flight

Exclusive footage of the first feather flight, Mojave, CA, May 2011. Filmed by Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System (MARS) & The Clay Center Observatory.

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[rrusston2]

Would have been more cost effective to modify an airliner as a drop vehicle.

[tronghai55]

Nice copy cat butan by spy theft.Even though the expectations are great it can only be a sub orbital training vehical for test shuttle pilots and it can be a prototype for new invention orbital guidance software test engineering development.The nasa need a sub orbital vehical for the hand on training for future shuttle pilot with a restricting budget to tackle with.Congratulations.

[Sergio Germán Stinco]

Thank you!!! The Planetary Society, Argentina.

[twincamism]

интересно как он тормозит при посадке?

[cakefarts]

seems it had quite a bit of trouble retracting the feather. even heard the pilot begging the plane to respond, ROFL, I'd never ride In this fucking thing

[marlenemcgovern808]

Speechless! Beautiful flight and breathtaking landing. Mahalo for this historic sharing of video. Blown away!! O:-)

[bendietrees]

Wow. I'm in total awe. And look into the eyes of the people in this video you can see their pure joy!

[K4Fusion]

I own a copy of "Black Sky, The Race for Space." Excellent Discovery channel program! The super kicker to it though is, I got Mike Melville and Brian Binnie to autograph the DVD jacket!!! I had them sign it with a gold paint pen and they both signed it in the black of space on the jacket . . . looks excellent! Still trying to track down Burt Rutan to get him to autograph it over the Mojave area on the Earth. Then, it will be a complete cherished treasure.

[trollmylove]

thank you