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Old 2004-06-21, 10:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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SpaceShipOne makes Flawless takeoff.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/0...est/index.html
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Old 2004-06-21, 10:49 AM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Flawless takeoff, but how will the landing be? Anyways, shouldn't you be at work Hamma? Or maybe you are at work!
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Old 2004-06-21, 10:52 AM   [Ignore Me] #3
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I'm at work
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Old 2004-06-21, 10:55 AM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Wonderful... I've been really interested in this flight since planning began...
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:14 AM   [Ignore Me] #5
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At least it hasn't blown up yet.
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:42 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Looks like they did it. Mike Melvill and SpaceshipOne belong to the history books.
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:43 AM   [Ignore Me] #7
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This is awesome - I always thought Burt Rutan's design was the best (I researched the competitors for a report), it was well-planned and logically functioning.

I expect they will win the X-Prize before the year is out, and I expect to train for my astronaut wings sometime before the decade is out ....
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #8
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Originally Posted by Triggar
This is awesome - I always thought Burt Rutan's design was the best (I researched the competitors for a report), it was well-planned and logically functioning.

I expect they will win the X-Prize before the year is out, and I expect to train for my astronaut wings sometime before the decade is out ....
Go For the Gold Captain Triggar of the PSU Sechs-a-lot!


EDIT: Seriously... It'll be cool to know that I knew an astronaut when I was a kid...
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:46 AM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Originally Posted by Infernus1080
Go For the Gold Captain Triggar of the PSU Sechs-a-lot!
Just for that, I will find you and make you my first passenger on a commercial space flight

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Old 2004-06-21, 11:46 AM   [Ignore Me] #10
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Yep it was a success
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:49 AM   [Ignore Me] #11
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They launched today with only one man in the cockpit - they're going to do it twice more, with three people on-board, and then they'll officially win the X-Prize.

If I were on one of the competing teams, I'd either put a flame under everyone's ass and try and beat them (doubtful, since they'd have to get their FAA license to do it, and secure a launching site) or I'd start selling off the pieces to cover my debt!

This is so amazing that we lived to see the day!
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Old 2004-06-21, 11:52 AM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Originally Posted by Triggar
They launched today with only one man in the cockpit - they're going to do it twice more, with three people on-board, and then they'll officially win the X-Prize.

If I were on one of the competing teams, I'd either put a flame under everyone's ass and try and beat them (doubtful, since they'd have to get their FAA license to do it, and secure a launching site) or I'd start selling off the pieces to cover my debt!

This is so amazing that we lived to see the day!
IMHO it was bound to happen in this lifetime... what with the sudden interest in expanding beyond the bounds of Earth... In my opinion it won't be a government agency that gets us to mars, rather a corperation or guild or some such...
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Old 2004-06-21, 01:17 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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w00t! Thats just fantastic! I LOVE space! I cant wait to take a trip in that! w00t!
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Old 2004-06-21, 01:18 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Str8 ballin'

Just kidding. That owns. Will he make it by the end of the year? Don't know. However, there are some weird entries: One of them has a rocket which is to be towed up by a hot-air balloon and then fired. Another has a sea launch.
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Old 2004-06-21, 01:21 PM   [Ignore Me] #15
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