维珍集团在太空船2号罹难之后并未放弃其太空计划。新太空船2号试飞之际,《新科学家》杂志记者肖恩·奥尼尔(Sean O’Neill)采访了前英国皇家空军试飞员、维珍大西洋航空公司波音747的机长,现维珍银河公司首席飞行员大卫·麦凯。驾驶战斗机和执行登月任务使得年轻的大卫·麦凯(David Mackay)踏上了为维珍公司驾驶航天飞机的道路——但是悲剧总是近在眼前。问:是什么促使你投身飞行事业?答:当我6岁时,我家迁徙到苏格兰北部一个偏远的村庄,几乎每天我们都会看到喷气式飞机又 The Virgin Group did not abandon its space program after the spacecraft was killed on the 2nd. New Spacecraft 2 test flight, the new scientist magazine reporter Sean O’Neill (Sean O’Neill) interviewed a former British Royal Air Force test pilot, Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747’s captain, now Virgin Galactic Corporation Chief Pilot David Mackay. Driving fighter jets and lunar missions made the young David Mackay embark on the path for Virgin to fly the space shuttle - but the tragedy is almost at hand. Q: What motivated you to get involved in flying? A: When I was 6, my family migrated to a remote village in northern Scotland. Almost daily, we saw jets