Comments on: Good News For Dream Chaser? https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/09/good-news-for-dream-chaser/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/09/good-news-for-dream-chaser/#comment-29441 TB Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:42:35 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=42231#comment-29441 <p>Dream Chaser was flown solely by onboard controls.</p> The only signal sent to it under normal conditions would be the "drop" signal to release it from the helicopter. There was an "abort" signal option with a parachute if the flight had problems. Dream Chaser was flown solely by onboard controls.

The only signal sent to it under normal conditions would be the “drop” signal to release it from the helicopter. There was an “abort” signal option with a parachute if the flight had problems.

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2014/01/09/good-news-for-dream-chaser/#comment-29390 DanS Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:46:33 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=42231#comment-29390 I recall working the Plot Room at White Sands, standing directly behind the RC pilot. Watching the monitor, I could see that he had just rolled a fighter, flying it belly-up, just a few hunderd feet off the ground. I thought that was neat, until he came to that hill and pulled up. I never saw him again... I recall working the Plot Room at White Sands, standing directly behind the RC pilot. Watching the monitor, I could see that he had just rolled a fighter, flying it belly-up, just a few hunderd feet off the ground. I thought that was neat, until he came to that hill and pulled up.

I never saw him again…

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