SpaceShipOne to make 100km attempt June 21

by **Mugzy** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:18 pm

Man, I would love to be there! If they succeed, it will be the start of a new space race!

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/New_Index/news/062104.htm

by **deathBOB** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:20 pm

Burt Rutan is my god!

by **Colonel Ingus** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:06 pm

This will be cool but to win the X-prize they have to do it again within two weeks of the first launch.

Once they do that we can kiss NASA's sorry ass monopoly on near earth space travel goodbye!

by **Mugzy** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 6:58 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
This will be cool but to win the X-prize they have to do it again within two weeks of the first launch.

Once they do that we can kiss NASA's sorry ass monopoly on near earth space travel goodbye!

Well, this is really just a test flight. There will only be one person in the ship. To win, they have to do two flights with 3 people in the ship.

by **PudriK** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:22 pm

According to the press release, this is not the first run for the prize. If this flight goes well, they will make the two prize flights later this summer.

Also, according to the rules, they do not actually have to carry two passengers, but can carry the equivalent weight of two passengers instead.

SpaceShipOne to make 100km attempt June 21

SpaceShipOne to make 100km attempt June 21

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