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Scaled gets FAA AST license for manned suborbital flights
FAA AST issued a launch license covering manned suborbital flights
of Scaled Composites' SpaceShip One, as of the first of April. http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=1833 |
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Scaled gets FAA AST license for manned suborbital flights
Henry Vanderbilt wrote in message ...
FAA AST issued a launch license covering manned suborbital flights of Scaled Composites' SpaceShip One, as of the first of April. http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=1833 Smells like an X-Prize payout in the works. I wish them luck. |
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Scaled gets FAA AST license for manned suborbital flights
And Scaled has now used that license - SS1 flew this morning.
Early reports are 105,000 feet altitude and a 35 second motor burn time, and back on the ground safely. The first flight of a licensed manned private spaceship. Henry Vanderbilt wrote: FAA AST issued a launch license covering manned suborbital flights of Scaled Composites' SpaceShip One, as of the first of April. http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=1833 |
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Scaled gets FAA AST license for manned suborbital flights
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:22:13 GMT, in a place far, far away, Henry
Vanderbilt made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: And Scaled has now used that license - SS1 flew this morning. Early reports are 105,000 feet altitude and a 35 second motor burn time, and back on the ground safely. According to Space.com, they hit Mach 2 this time. |
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