Fourteen and a half minutes from drop altitude to touchdown gives a fair amount of time to check things out. It's encouraging that the boss actually manned a crew station this time. It may be sort of a "checkride" for the plane, pilots, and processes, which means that the airplane may be nearing the point where it is ready for the next step.
http://www.space.com/11472-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-longest-glide-test-flight.html
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