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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
From http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html
The following statement was issued by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on today's private, non-government flight of SpaceShipOne: "We applaud the remarkable achievement of Burt Rutan, Paul Allen and test pilot Mike Melvill following the first successful suborbital flight of SpaceShipOne. "Not unlike the first U.S. and Soviet space travelers in 1961, and China's first successful spaceflight this year, these private citizens are pioneers in their own right. They are doing much to open the door to a new marketplace offering the experience of weightlessness and suborbital space flight to the public. "We congratulate the SpaceShipOne team and wish all those who may follow safe flights." I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. -- Alan Erskine We can get people to the Moon in five years, not the fifteen GWB proposes. Give NASA a real challenge |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
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"Alan Erskine" wrote: The following statement was issued by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on today's private, non-government flight of SpaceShipOne: "We applaud the remarkable achievement of Burt Rutan, Paul Allen and test pilot Mike Melvill following the first successful suborbital flight of SpaceShipOne. "Not unlike the first U.S. and Soviet space travelers in 1961, and China's first successful spaceflight this year, these private citizens are pioneers in their own right. They are doing much to open the door to a new marketplace offering the experience of weightlessness and suborbital space flight to the public. "We congratulate the SpaceShipOne team and wish all those who may follow safe flights." I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. I doubt he's missed that point, but it's going to be a while before a commercial venture puts a man (or woman) in orbit. When that happens, I expect it will merit additional congratulations. I'm actually quite pleased to see such a warm statement from the NASA Administrator. NASA has been so vehemently opposed to space tourism in the past, one might have expected them to be more petulant about this success. I'm glad to see such expectations are unfounded! ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
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Joe Strout wrote: I'm actually quite pleased to see such a warm statement from the NASA Administrator. NASA has been so vehemently opposed to space tourism in the past, one might have expected them to be more petulant about this success. I'm glad to see such expectations are unfounded! NASA has often been much friendlier to private spaceflight at the Administrator level than at the Center-upper-management level (which is historically where the real decisions about what NASA will and won't do are often made). The Administrator is a politician and a short-term appointee; near the top of the Center managements is where you find the career empire-builders. -- "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer -- George Herbert | |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
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Strout wrote: I'm actually quite pleased to see such a warm statement from the NASA Administrator. NASA has been so vehemently opposed to space tourism in the past, one might have expected them to be more petulant about this success. I'm glad to see such expectations are unfounded! I'm sure I missed alot, but what I saw was them opposed to space tourism that visited their space station. Put up your own station with a hotel and I doubt they'd care -- Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us. 'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us." -'Deal/No Deal', CHESS |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:59:02 GMT, "Alan Erskine"
wrote: I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. It needs less engergy to go to 100.000 km hight than in LEO (low earth orbit). What the current flight shows is compareable with the Redstone Rocket Flights that make small jumps into space - far from going into orbit. Raimund |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
The following statement was issued by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe
on today's private, non-government flight of SpaceShipOne: ... I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. The Microsoft-1 has only 5% of orbital energy. In order to send it around the globe, you would need a booster four times as large as the White Knight itself. That won't happen. What's more, spaces shuttles (winged craft) are an inferior choice for orbiters, when compared to non-resusable capsules (e.g. Soyuz still rules the waves). I'm afraid Microsoft-1 will be nothing more than the rocket-powered equivalent of the Great American Flying Circus and it will not advance the cause of public transportation. |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
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"Tamas Feher" wrote: The following statement was issued by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on today's private, non-government flight of SpaceShipOne: ... I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. The Microsoft-1 has only 5% of orbital energy. I don't know what ship you're talking about. SpaceShipOne has no connection to Microsoft. (Paul Allen left Microsoft in 1983 or so, and is not to blame for most of Microsoft's evils.) ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | http://www.macwebdir.com | `------------------------------------------------------------------' |
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NASA comment on SpaceShip One
Alan Erskine wrote:
From http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html The following statement was issued by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe on today's private, non-government flight of SpaceShipOne: "We applaud the remarkable achievement of Burt Rutan, Paul Allen and test pilot Mike Melvill following the first successful suborbital flight of SpaceShipOne. "Not unlike the first U.S. and Soviet space travelers in 1961, and China's first successful spaceflight this year, these private citizens are pioneers in their own right. They are doing much to open the door to a new marketplace offering the experience of weightlessness and suborbital space flight to the public. "We congratulate the SpaceShipOne team and wish all those who may follow safe flights." I think he's missed the point - sub-orbital is only the beginning. China's flight was in October last year. NASA's website has already fixed this. |
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