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?

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:44:34 +0100, Darren J Longhorn
wrote:

I haven't seen any mention of the required passengers for the June
21st flight.

But I was wrong about that requirement. Did they change that, or was
ballast always an acceptable alternative?

In article ,
Darren J Longhorn wrote:
But I was wrong about that requirement. Did they change that, or was
ballast always an acceptable alternative?

It might not have been that way from the start, but it has been since very
early.
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