SS1 flight set for June 21

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:23:42 -0500, "Christopher M. Jones"
wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:
Nope. The June 21 attempt will not meet the requirements of an
X-Prize flight.

Perhaps it's just sloppy wording on your part but this is
an incorrect statement. The X-Prize involves two flights,
if the June 21st flight is the first of a pair of flights
meeting the X-Prize requirements then it would indeed be
an X-Prize flight. Aside from the flying within two weeks
criterion, the flight certainly looks to meet all the other
X-Prize requirements.

I haven't seen any mention of the required passengers for the June
21st flight. In fact the press release states: "Based on the success
of the June space flight attempt, SpaceShipOne will later compete for
the Ansari X Prize" which, at least to me, implies that this flight
does not contribute towards the X Prize contest. Therefore, Derek
would seem to be correct?