A new record...

The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000' [1]; if my
sums are right, the previous X-15 record was about 355,000'. Looks like
a pretty good flight from here.

4% over isn't bad... now, bets on it being broken before the end of the
year? Decent chance, I'd guess.

(The previous flight was 337,600'; the first SS1 suborbital was
328,491')

[1] http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html

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-Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray ) writes:
The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000' [1]; if my
sums are right, the previous X-15 record was about 355,000'. Looks like
a pretty good flight from here.

Yes, Miles O'Brian of CNN and Burt Rutan commented on that call, being
" about 10,000 feet above the X-15's altitude record. "

4% over isn't bad... now, bets on it being broken before the end of the
year? Decent chance, I'd guess.

(The previous flight was 337,600'; the first SS1 suborbital was
328,491')

[1] http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html

Andre

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"Andrew Gray" wrote in message
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The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000' [1]; if my
sums are right, the previous X-15 record was about 355,000'. Looks like
a pretty good flight from here.

4% over isn't bad... now, bets on it being broken before the end of the
year? Decent chance, I'd guess.

(The previous flight was 337,600'; the first SS1 suborbital was
328,491')

[1] http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html


Yes, but it's still not a real spaceship like the X-15. ;-)

Jeff
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Andrew Gray wrote:
The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000'
368,000/5280 = 69.6969696969 Hmmm.

"John" wrote in message
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Andrew Gray wrote:
The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000'
368,000/5280 = 69.6969696969 Hmmm.

Sounds ****in' great!

"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Andrew Gray wrote:
The unoffical apogee call for SpaceShipOne today was 368,000'
368,000/5280 = 69.6969696969 Hmmm.

Sounds ****in' great!


Sally Kellerman was right ... "69 is divine, 69 is divine ..."