A glimpse of SpaceShipOne's historic flights
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Members of the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team: (from left) Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, pilot Brian Binnie and Richard Branson celebrate with champagne after SpaceShipOne's second suborbital flight in early October. [PHOTO CREDIT: AFP]
SpaceShipOne captured the $10 million Ansari X prize in early October when it made a second flight in less than a week to the edge of space. [PHOTO CREDIT: EFE]
Scaled Composites' White Knight, with SpaceShipOne nestled under its belly, on the runway at the Mojave Spaceport before takeoff. [PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hu]
SpaceShipOne pilot Mike Melvill gives the thumbs up after a successful ride marked by a hair-raising roll 62 miles above Earth in late September. [PHOTO CREDIT: Jim Hu]
SpaceShipOne makes a test landing in September. [PHOTO CREDIT: Mojave Aerospace Ventures]
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I doubt that I will qualify age wise for a flight into space but someone I know will and know they will love it like I liked my first flight at 9 weeks in 1940.
Stephen Sanders
Rome, Italy
Wish it was me going!
The X prize should have included a requirement to land the craft at any International airport at least once. If we want space travel to be common place, we need to do the trials in a common way, from commercial airports.
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To my mind, that's the most impressive stunt.
Burt Rutan is the master of the creating aircraft that fit a specific purpose, perfectly.
He and his brother the greatest aircraft (and lately spacecraft ) designers in all human history.
- SpaceShipOne DVD
- by JackNauti November 11, 2005 9:54 PM PST
- If you want to see what it was like to be there when Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne flew all three times, check out the DVD "Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne" at www.DesertTurtle.com. These guys did a great job of creating a real "you are there" experience. And my kids love it, too!
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