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Old 2004-06-19, 08:52 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Folks this may very well be the wright brothers of our time. This craft has gone up near space several times. Its cheap to launch and reusable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811881.stm
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Old 2004-06-19, 09:54 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Burt Rutan is amazing. I've been following the progress of Space Ship One since I had to do a report on it last semester. I wonder how the other competitors in the X-Prize competition feel about being so close to losing the $10 million prize.
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Old 2004-06-19, 09:57 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Thats so awesome.
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Old 2004-06-19, 11:32 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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you know its probably costing a bunch more than 10 mill to make the thing, isn't it?

You know what i know one thing i may do when i grow up, Aerospace Engineering.
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Old 2004-06-19, 11:36 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Then come to Embry Riddle.

Yeah, the point isn't that they'd win a huge financial prize, the point is that they'd open the door to commercial space travel.
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Old 2004-06-19, 12:06 PM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Old 2004-06-19, 12:07 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Burt Rutan pwns our bones. He designed the aircraft that flew around the world WITHOUT refueling.
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Old 2004-06-19, 12:27 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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The flying fuel tank? That was sweet.
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Old 2004-06-19, 01:49 PM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Did you know Gabe Newell (From Valve) is also taking part in that competition?
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Old 2004-06-19, 01:56 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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Originally Posted by Fragmatic
Did you know Gabe Newell (From Valve) is also taking part in that competition?
Haha, I see it now, the day before the competition "We were stolen from, we'll have to start all over, ETA April 26th, 2006"
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Old 2004-06-19, 02:02 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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Haha, I see it now, the day before the competition "We were stolen from, we'll have to start all over, ETA April 26th, 2006"
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Old 2004-06-19, 03:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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BTW, expect it to be more than 20 years before space trips are common. there's no reason to go into space. There's nothing there except perhaps a good view and weightlessness. Until the atmosphere bouncing aircraft(they go at like 5000 kph by bouncing off the atmosphere) are used there's no real reason to go into space.
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Old 2004-06-19, 03:52 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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I live in Palmdale, not too far from the launch area. It will be interesting...but I'll be at work
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Old 2004-06-19, 03:55 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Originally Posted by Fragmatic
Did you know Gabe Newell (From Valve) is also taking part in that competition?
You sure you're not talking about the lead designer of Doom? I think it's John Carmack.
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Old 2004-06-19, 06:14 PM   [Ignore Me] #15
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This is pretty cool, heard about it the other day
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