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Anybody else notice this: Amateur rocket fired into space
Hi all Is this significant at all? So far only the BBC is reporting it (as far as I can see). Amateur rocket fired into space http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3724841.stm Quote from BBC website: " A 14-second burn allowed the rocket to reach an altitude of more than 100km - the official boundary of space - in about three minutes. It reportedly spent several minutes in space before beginning its descent. The rocket and the payload came down on separate parachutes. " Anyone? Regards Frank Scrooby |
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Anybody else notice this: Amateur rocket fired into space
Yes Frank, it is significant.
also reported at these links: http://www.rocketforge.org/modules.p...rder=0&thold=0 http://www.rocketforge.org/modules.p...rder=0&thold=0 http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/05/17/100/?nc=1 Video of the launch is at http://www.hybrids.com/video/csxt_flight.mpg Well spotted. "Frank Scrooby" wrote in message ... Hi all Is this significant at all? So far only the BBC is reporting it (as far as I can see). Amateur rocket fired into space http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3724841.stm Quote from BBC website: " A 14-second burn allowed the rocket to reach an altitude of more than 100km - the official boundary of space - in about three minutes. It reportedly spent several minutes in space before beginning its descent. The rocket and the payload came down on separate parachutes. " Anyone? Regards Frank Scrooby |
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Anybody else notice this: Amateur rocket fired into space
Is this significant at all? So far only the BBC is reporting it (as far as I
can see). Amateur rocket fired into space For humanity in general, this is as important as the first private boat crossing the Atlantic where before it was the domain of big company ships. This means that now private citizens can expect to get to space without spending 20 million like Tito had to do to get on a governmental flight. May 17 2004 was a Great day for space. It doesn't matter that there was no PR budget and that the media didn't know what it meant. The first civilian space ship has just been to space. That's awful important. Whoopee! ^ //^\\ ~~~ near space elevator ~~~~ ~~~members.aol.com/beanstalkr/~~~ |
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Anybody else notice this: Amateur rocket fired into space
Frank Scrooby wrote:
Hi all Is this significant at all? So far only the BBC is reporting it (as far as I can see). Amateur rocket fired into space http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3724841.stm http://www.rocketryonline.com/Search...s&db _id=1169 Video of the launch is at http://www.hybrids.com/video/csxt_flight.mpg -- * Do NOT use Reply * Reply to K3TD via arrl dot net Tad, K3TD |
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Anybody else notice this: Amateur rocket fired into space
Of course the leap between this amateur rocket and something
that can accomplish a 'Tito-like' mission is something akin to the difference between the Wright Flyer and a F-15. OK, good of you to astutely point out the obvious. But that doesn't change the fact that CATS just got cheaper, closer and more confident. [except to you] To take this flight as meaning that private citizens can expect anything is to endorse the acceptance of fantasy over reality. Good of you to waste a little bandwidth sharing your negativism. We all believe your learned theorem which proves that things such as Saturn V was at no point in time just a fantastic dream of Von Braun's. ^ //^\\ ~~~ near space elevator ~~~~ ~~~members.aol.com/beanstalkr/~~~ |
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