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(Derek Lyons) wrote:

(Peter Stickney) wrote:
SpaceShip 1 is an impressive project. Make no mistake about that.
But it's a very limited system, for a very limited purpose. While I'd
be more than happy to bet that they'll win the X-Prize, it's not going
to advance the State of the Art. White Knight, on the other hand, may
end up with a useful post X-Prize career hauling payloads to high
altitudes, for purposes such as Atmospheric Sampling or UV Astronomy.

One of the most thoughtful and reasonable posts yet. I may steal this
next time I take on those zealots at slashdot. (I really wish more
the clued in regulars here would join in there.. Stuffie has more
common sense and intelligence than they collectively do.)

I keep my mouth shut most of the time there; it's far, far too easy to
get drowned in the noise when every single damn topic gets nigh on 250
posts in just a couple hours (the first fifteen or twenty all being
clueless "FP, loozer biatches!!!!!!")

Consequently, since I post infrequently and metamoderate very carefully,
I have excellent karma . . . :-)

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
Columbia Loss FAQ:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html