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Old May 19th 04, 09:04 AM
Frank Scrooby
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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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Old May 21st 04, 10:24 PM
Charles F. Radley
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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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Old May 22nd 04, 04:53 AM
Allen Meece
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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!
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Old May 23rd 04, 05:01 AM
tad danley
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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

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Old May 29th 04, 04:23 AM
Allen Meece
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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.
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