A B-2 Bomber, probably the coolest aircraft ever created after the Lockheed A-12, has crashed for the first time ever. Its name was the Spirit of Kansas and it was one of the 21 $1.2 billion Northrop Grumman stealth plane ever manufactured. It fell to the ground right after take-off for "unknown reasons" at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. Both pilots ejected to safety and, although there's no video footage of the actual crash, the mess on the runway was huge:
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You know what the worst part of bailing out of a billion dollar aircraft is from a pilot's point of view? It's the paperwork.
Here's an estimate of what it will cost to build a new shuttle. Up Front Costs: $5 to 9 billion
Per Flight Costs: $550 million
Miracles don't come cheap.
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