[Brett66]

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[Brett66]

THE ROCKET Passengers aboard SpaceShipOne (above) will experience 3.5-G acceleration on the ride up to 62.5 miles—attributable to the vehicle's light weight (approximately 6,000 pounds) and fiercely powerful hybrid rocket engine. That will be an ordeal for even the heartiest adventurer: Late test pilot Milt Thompson said of the X-15, which offered a comparable ride, that it was the only airplane he ever flew in which he was "glad when the engine quit." The three-seat SpaceShipOne will be trundled up to space via the White Knight mother ship (below right). The passenger craft attaches to the White Knight's belly for the first 50,000 feet of the journey.
Courtesy Scaled Composites

[Capitalism2003]

This is just awesome stuff. The people doing this are pioneers who will go down in the history books. I wouldn't be surprised if we had tourist trips into space for under $5000 within the next 10-15 years.

[petuniasevan]

6-27-03 APOD with subject Space Ship One:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/936532/posts

[Centurion2000]

I want to see him do it just to piss NASA off and get their tails moving.

If a guy can build a double stage to orbit vehicle with spare parts then NASA should have the starship Enterprise by now with as much money as they have had to play with.

[HAL9000]

If Paul Allen is involved in this project, they're doomed.

[KevinDavis]

Maybe the Columbia disaster was a blessing in a disguse who knows. I'm glad that people like Burt or others who is part of the x-prize is making space flight excting again. Also I think any nation that invests in space exploration in the short term would reap the benefits in the long term. The list would be huge....


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