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		koolba on Dec 13, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space Same way you’d experience it in an elevator if someone cuts the safety cable. With a plane they can repeatedly climb / drop to recreate the experience.

jacquesm on Dec 14, 2018 [–]

Emergency brake on the elevator will mess with your carefully laid plans. In freefall it will only drop for so much before the clamps engage.

koolba on Dec 15, 2018 | [–]

I didn’t say the cable broke, I said somebody cut it. In that situation they’ve likely tampered with the safety clamps as well.

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