SpaceShipOne!!

POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 6, 2004 22:48
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KASUO

Monday, October 4, 2004 10:12 PM

::starts saving money for flight on VSS Enterprise::

THERON

Monday, October 4, 2004 10:22 PM

Right behind you on that Kasuo. Didn't really think this would happan in my lifetime so I can only say one thing.....

SHINY!

NEDWARD

Monday, October 4, 2004 10:51 PM

I think it's double shiny. I was so excited to follow the news today!

It's a good thing Virgin is a brand, not an ethos, or the Galactic venture would be doomed.

TMURRIE

Monday, October 4, 2004 11:21 PM

Wait, so you're telling me there's gonna be flights to space? Well I guess I'll have to stop welding random pieces of scrap metal together in my back yard, in hopes of creating a workable space ship.

CYBERSNARK

Monday, October 4, 2004 11:36 PM

Ladies, gentles. . .

'Kay, folks , I propose a toast (of whatever alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice) to the dawning of a new age of human ingenuity.

SpaceShipOne has proven that it can be done. Not just by government resources, not just by big business. Normal men and women (and anthropomorphic bears) have reached beyond this spinning rock, and claimed a prize for everyone who dreams of something more. They have done the impossible, and we (of all people) know what that means.

Now, what can we do to top this. . .

Here's to learning to crawl.

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CALHOUN

Monday, October 4, 2004 11:43 PM

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Cybersnark wrote:
Monday, October 04, 2004 13:36

Now, what can we do to top this. . .

I read that a prize of 50 million dollars is now on offer for the first privately built ship to orbit the planet with tourists aboard. My money is on Scaled Composites.

FIREFLYGAL

Tuesday, October 5, 2004 5:40 PM

Hey BarneyT

I know who the Co-Pilot for the second SpaceShipOne flight was, it was Klyde Morris, aviation's only ant www.klydemorris.com. Got confirmation from Burt Rutan himself that Klyde was to be on the flight. Don't know where he'll reside after that heady flight though.

This is a day I'll be happy to be me and congratulate the real life BDH's. Now I better start saving every gorram penny to buy a ticket.

By the way, Paul Allen, who was co-founder of Microsoft donated much to Scaled Composites.

SHINYLETO

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 10:48 PM

Yes indeed, this is one helluva moment! The great thing is, not only has Scaled Composites achieved practical commercial space flight, the other contenders for the X-Prize aren't giving up. The Canadian da Vinci project, which will use the Wildfire rocket launched from a balloon, is still going strong, as are numerous other former X-Prize hopefuls. My question is, what will the first commercial space travellers do? There's no where they can really go. I'm certainly not knocking the experience of going into space, its one of my greatest dreams. But what's the end goal of the commercial spaceflight industry? It can't just be not-so-cheap thrills.

http://blackbirdcomic.keenspace.com/

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