June 21, 2004

Space Flight History in the Making

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The carrier plane White Knight transports SpaceShip One to altitude, followed by a Rutan-designed Beech Starship.

Today is the day that Spaceship One is scheduled to make its historic sub-orbital flight and test the craft's ability to reach the 62.5-mile altitude, which is the internationally agreed-upon boundary of space. Depending on the success of this flight, it will compete for the X Prize - $10 million dollars - later in the year. The nonprofit X Prize Foundation is sponsoring the contest to promote the development of a low-cost, efficient craft for space tourism in the same way prize competitions stimulated commercial aviation in the early 20th century.
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Spaceship One blasts its way into suborbital flight.

Personally, I find this very exciting. With the success of this project I see private industry leading the way in the advancement of space flight and new technologies. Competition in the private sector will move space flight forward at a faster pace than sluggish NASA. It also means that I could actually have a chance of making it into space before I depart this world for the next. I'll be watching this with great interest and hope for success.

Photos are copyright Scaled Composites and Tier One.

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Comments

God Speed!

Posted by: mm on June 21, 2004 11:21 AM

I could actually have a chance of making it into space before I depart this world

I have to admit, that was my first thought too.

Posted by: Somewhat on June 21, 2004 11:37 AM