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Hop David wrote: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...te_040602.html Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. More details (from spacetoday.net): "SpaceShipOne... will fly into space for the first time on Monday, June 21, the company announced Wednesday. SpaceShipOne will fly to an altitude of at least 100 kilometers, a widely-accepted boundary of space, on the flight. ... The pilot of SpaceShipOne on this flight will be announced at a later date; Brian Binnie and Mike Melvill have both flown SpaceShipOne on powered test flights previously. ... Wednesday's announcement is a break in the tight veil of secrecy that has surrounded the program during its development and previous test flights, which have not been previously announced to the public. Scaled said the public will be invited to witness this flight." ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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Joe Strout wrote: Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. Correction: they won't be quite winning the X-Prize on June 21; to do that, they have to fly twice in two weeks. But I think we're all agreed that this will be pretty much a formality after the 100 km flight. Best, - Joe ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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Joe Strout wrote:
In article , Hop David wrote: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...te_040602.html Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. Nope. The June 21 attempt will not meet the requirements of an X-Prize flight. D. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. |
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says... In article , Joe Strout wrote: Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. Correction: they won't be quite winning the X-Prize on June 21; to do that, they have to fly twice in two weeks. But I think we're all agreed that this will be pretty much a formality after the 100 km flight. Damn, I knew I should have read your follow-up before posting, LOL... Doug |
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Joe Strout wrote: In article , Joe Strout wrote: Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. Correction: they won't be quite winning the X-Prize on June 21; to do that, they have to fly twice in two weeks. But I think we're all agreed that this will be pretty much a formality after the 100 km flight. Best, - Joe Actually, no. They have to do it with triple the payload: three people, not just one pilot. And they have to do it again within two weeks, not a month or two (or three) between each flight. -- Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D. Reformed Aerospace Engineer Columbia Loss FAQ: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html |
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Derek Lyons wrote:
Joe Strout wrote: Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. 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. |
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SS1 flight set for June 21
July 4th is within two weeks of June 21st. FYI.
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"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in message ... In article , Joe Strout wrote: In article , Joe Strout wrote: Hot damn! The X-Prize will be won in less than three weeks. This will be a historic occasion. Correction: they won't be quite winning the X-Prize on June 21; to do that, they have to fly twice in two weeks. But I think we're all agreed that this will be pretty much a formality after the 100 km flight. Best, - Joe Actually, no. They have to do it with triple the payload: three people, not just one pilot. And they have to do it again within two weeks, not a month or two (or three) between each flight. No, they have to do it with the MASS of 3 people, but it only requires one actual person. -- Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D. Reformed Aerospace Engineer Columbia Loss FAQ: http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html |
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