http://www.autoevolution.com/news/space-top-gear-s-final-frontier-4043.html
That will be awesome.
More TV shows are thinking the same thing, apparently.
That will be awesome.
More TV shows are thinking the same thing, apparently.
Me and my dad love watching Top Gear every monday! That sounds great!
I didn't know Top Gear was a hit in the U.S, considering that Jeremy Clarkson makes fun of Americans so much
When I first saw that I couldn't stop laughing for a long time! One of the funniest things they ever did! I wonder how it would have went if seperation worked. That car didn't look very flight worthy. I didn't expect it to go very well one way or another! How much might that have cost?
They should've had a failsafe manual/mechanical ET jettison available. I think it would've been absolutely amazing to see it actually work even after the engines failed.
Of course, what they really should've done is had the "SME"s actually work instead of crapping out, but hey.
Does anyone know if it was actually a failure of the engines in the ET or if they just miscalcuated the thrust they'd need?
From what I read they are talking with virgin. That means that they will be far from beeing in orbit, just pretty high up
Still an awesome show!
I wonder if The Stig will come....
Does anyone know if it was actually a failure of the engines in the ET or if they just miscalcuated the thrust they'd need?
The engines worked fine, the only bit that didn't work was the separation.
It was known a few hours before launch that the separation would be a failure (the launch had to be that day and a spare part was needed...no possibility of getting it in time).
Because of this the Top Gear producers decided to go ahead with the launch and film the separation failure as if it was completely unexpected. A small fire source was added to the vehicle to make it look more dramatic, but everyone involved knew it wouldn't work.