On 5/12/2011 11:44 AM, Rick Jones wrote:
In sci.space.history Pat wrote:
On 5/12/2011 7:59 AM, Rick Jones wrote:
What is that in English?-) - for example is 10,000 MSL 10,000 feet or
something else?

No flying up to 10,000 above sea level out on the salt flat at 31.2706
N, 104.4546 W (Google Earth shows their circular test pad there) near
Van Horn, Texas and for a radius of 17 miles in any direction on
Thursday, May 5, 2011 between 7 AM - 12 AM local time.
The 17 miles is a little strange; one would have expected either 15 or
20 miles?

~30km?

Sadly, maps.google.com doesn't show the pad, just a whole lot of not
much at those coordinates. Just 7 Heart Pass (I am assuming Ps stands
for Pass)

rick jones

On Google Earth's April 2008 imagery it's a circular empty area about
130' in diameter that may be concrete covered, and that's it...no
buildings or anything at the pad itself. What I think is their command
area with a identical pad with some sort of structures on it is located
2.0 miles to its south, joined by a road.
Is the idea to fly the spacecraft from one pad to the other?

Pat