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SS1 success reported widely
In addition to the usual outlets (Yahoo, etc), the appearent success
of this morning's flight even made it to the Peter Tilden Morning Show on KZLA. The "Five Things You Need To Know to Be Smarter Then Your Friends" segment features 5 selections from the wire service, and today they lead off with the SS1 story, including a paraphrase of X-Prize officials saying that "it looks like they did it". Is the early morning time of the trials just because Rutan can't sleep, or is there a technical reason, such as atmospheric density? Or are they just making the launch window as big as possible, and haven't had any delays at this point? /dps (almost posted with the subject line saying "retorted widely", which may be a Freudian reference to celebrating with champagne) |
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h (Rand Simberg) wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:31:42 -0500, in a place far, far away, (dave schneider) made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Is the early morning time of the trials just because Rutan can't sleep, or is there a technical reason, such as atmospheric density? Or are they just making the launch window as big as possible, and haven't had any delays at this point? That's the most likely time for low wind conditions. It can get very windy in the afternoon. Hmmm, yes. In fact, I was discussing that yesterday as we scudded across Long Beach Harbor. There is a second lull, but it tends to be accompanied by decreasing light levels, making optical tracking more difficult until you've made a substantial climb. Thanks! /dps |
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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:31:42 -0500, (dave
schneider) wrote: Is the early morning time of the trials just because Rutan can't sleep, or is there a technical reason, such as atmospheric density? Or are they just making the launch window as big as possible, and haven't had any delays at this point? Turbulence and density altitude. Mostly turbulence. We try to fly everything early in the desert in the summer. It also gives the maximum daylight for SAR, I suppose, but I doubt if that's a conscious motive. Mary -- Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer |
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In article ,
Mary Shafer wrote: Turbulence and density altitude. Mostly turbulence. We try to fly everything early in the desert in the summer. Except sailplanes :-) We wait for the heat and "turbulence" of the day. Some pics I took from a sailplane overhead Mojave Spaceport when I visited the USA for the June SS1 flight: http://www.hoult.org/bruce/MojaveJun...ges/Image15.ht ml -- Bruce | 41.1670S | \ spoken | -+- Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O---------- |
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That's the most likely time for low wind conditions. It can get very
windy in the afternoon. It was not very windy today at all there. Ansari just said on CNN that she and her husband will be two of the first ten passengers on space ship one. |
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