Airplane Scientists

In honor of the centennial, I have an essay about the brothers Wright
up at TechCentralStation:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/121703D.html

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

In honor of the centennial, I have an essay about the brothers Wright
up at TechCentralStation:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/121703D.html

ROTFLMAO.

White Knight/SS1 is an incremental approach to the mission of the X33?

I guess the RC car I bought today as a Christmas gift for a friends
son is an increment on his way to be being a NASCAR driver then.

D.
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:12:16 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
(Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

(Rand Simberg) wrote:

In honor of the centennial, I have an essay about the brothers Wright
up at TechCentralStation:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/121703D.html

ROTFLMAO.

White Knight/SS1 is an incremental approach to the mission of the X33?

Of course it is.

I guess the RC car I bought today as a Christmas gift for a friends
son is an increment on his way to be being a NASCAR driver then.

In a way, yes.

"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
...
h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

In honor of the centennial, I have an essay about the brothers Wright
up at TechCentralStation:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/121703D.html

ROTFLMAO.

White Knight/SS1 is an incremental approach to the mission of the X33?

Well, IMO no. The mission of X-33 was to be an excuse for funnelling money
into certain companies, and later decorate some hangars.
White Knight/SS1 has an entirely different mission.

-kert

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:10:53 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
"Kaido Kert" made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

ROTFLMAO.

White Knight/SS1 is an incremental approach to the mission of the X33?

Well, IMO no. The mission of X-33 was to be an excuse for funnelling money
into certain companies, and later decorate some hangars.
White Knight/SS1 has an entirely different mission.

I was tempted to say that, too, but I decided uncharacteristically to
give the question more respect than it deserved.

Hi all

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 06:10:53 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
"Kaido Kert" made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

ROTFLMAO.

White Knight/SS1 is an incremental approach to the mission of the X33?

Well, IMO no. The mission of X-33 was to be an excuse for funnelling
money
into certain companies, and later decorate some hangars.
White Knight/SS1 has an entirely different mission.

I was tempted to say that, too, but I decided uncharacteristically to
give the question more respect than it deserved.


Be interesting to make a comparison, time, money, man-hours, X33 to White
Knight/SS1.

How many billion later the X33 isn't complete and isn't fit to decorate
anything except and now less than a year since he introduced the plane to
the world Rutan is already putting it through its paces.

NASA needs to hire Rutan just for one afternoon, listen to him, write down
everything he has to say AND THEN DO IT!

Regards
Frank
GO SS1!

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

I was tempted to say that, too, but I decided uncharacteristically to
give the question more respect than it deserved.

You decided *characteristically* to stick with the unsupported
delusion that the X-Prize has anything to do with space access.

D.
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"Frank Scrooby" wrote:
Be interesting to make a comparison, time, money, man-hours, X33 to White
Knight/SS1.

Which would be about the ultimate in apples and oranges comparisons.

How many billion later the X33 isn't complete and isn't fit to decorate
anything except and now less than a year since he introduced the plane to
the world Rutan is already putting it through its paces.

Which matters exactly how? SS1 is a high performance airplane, not a
spaceplane.

NASA needs to hire Rutan just for one afternoon, listen to him, write down
everything he has to say AND THEN DO IT!

And Rutan is knowledgeable in the fields that NASA needs? Cite
please?

D.
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In article , says...
How many billion later the X33 isn't complete and isn't fit to decorate
anything except and now less than a year since he introduced the plane to
the world Rutan is already putting it through its paces.

To be fair to NASA: Rutan has the luxury of not rolling out SS1 until
its design was complete and assembly was nearly complete. NASA has to
make its designs public from the first viewgraphs.


NASA needs to hire Rutan just for one afternoon, listen to him, write down
everything he has to say AND THEN DO IT!

"then do it". hmmm.... why do you assume NASA is capable of working the
same way as a very small, tightly focused team who are willing to take
nontrivial risks (note the landing gear problem in yesterday's flight).
--
Kevin Willoughby lid

Imagine that, a FROG ON-OFF switch, hardly the work
for test pilots. -- Mike Collins

(Derek Lyons) wrote in message ...
h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

I was tempted to say that, too, but I decided uncharacteristically to
give the question more respect than it deserved.

You decided *characteristically* to stick with the unsupported
delusion that the X-Prize has anything to do with space access.

Well, youve finally overdone youreself. Posting saying that X-Prize
doesnt have ANYTHING to do with space access, is unbelievably moronic
and bears no further attention.

*PLONK*

-kert