Episode 666 • • 27:11 - 35:48
666: Slavery Enrollment Month
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash and Commercial Space Flight Skepticism
Following the fatal crash of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo in the Mojave Desert, author Joelle Glenn Brenner appeared on CNN to criticize the program's technology. She alleged that the engine was insufficient to reach space and that the project's outward enthusiasm did not match its technical reality. The hosts characterize the $250,000-per-ticket venture as an "extreme adventure scam" for the wealthy and compare it to Elon Musk's more successful rocket programs.