03 Jun 2004 @ 7:21 AM 
 

Have Space Ship—Will Travel

 

The SpaceShipOne rocket plane, shown in this photo from its first supersonic flight test, is due to make its first true spaceflight June 21. (Photo courtesy of Scaled Composites.)

On June 21, the privately-funded SpaceShipOne will launch for a history-making, 100 km (62 mile) altitude flight.

“Our goal is to demonstrate that non-government manned space flight operations are not only feasible, but can be done at very low costs.” (Burt Rutan)

Read the article at MSNBC.com here, and check out the Scaled Composites FAQ and related pages.

Thanks to Phil Luchon for this reference.

Tags Categories: NASA/Space, Photos Posted By: LegoDoug
Last Edit: 03 Jun 2004 @ 07 21 AM

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  1. Doug says:
    June 22, 2004 at 00:00

    Check out the ocverage at MSNBC.com.

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  2. Doug says:
    September 27, 2004 at 00:01

    “And it’s the Enterprise.”
    Commercial subortible space travel will, apparently, be starting sooner than people in this generation expected.

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  3. Doug says:
    September 29, 2004 at 00:02

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3697852.stm

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