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Posted by jburk to General News at June 21, 2004 11:42 PM
The first non-governmental rocket ship flew to the edge of space today and was piloted to a safe landing on a desert airport runway here.
Civilian test pilot, now turned astronaut Mike Melvill brought SpaceShipOne down to the Mojave Airport tarmac after flying to 100 kilometers (62 miles) in altitude, leaving the Earth’s atmosphere during his history-making sub-orbital space ride.
Editor's Note: News postings have been sporatic over the last few days since Tourdemars attended the launch of SpaceShipOne in Mojave, and JBurk was on vacation in Fiji & Hawaii. The normal pace of news entries will now resume; thanks for your patience.
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We have all discussed that half way to no where is still only half way. The achieved goal though it has take 40 years is comparable to that to which started the US in the early stage of its own upward direction into space. It is a great first step but step 2 must follow and be of even greater success than its predecessor if this is to carry the momentum of privatization of space into the distant future.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 22, 2004 04:34 AM
For those that heard of the damage to SpaceShipOne here is a link to pictures of it. It appears that it happened due to the engine firing with greater force than that to which had been expect. Does not look to hard to solve by the next flight this fall.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/bigpic.jsp?photoid=20040621CARS114.jpg&this=2&searchpage=photosearch.jsp&cap=SpaceShipOne&w=ap+or+reuters&max=8&first=32&fs=
Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 22, 2004 04:50 AM
On a note of continuing education into Space related fields or at Nasa. The Public Service Of NH power company's insert that accompanied the billing includes a note on scholarships.
http://www.psnh.com/commonutils/common/content/psnh/athome062004.pdf
Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 22, 2004 09:33 AM
Major news NASA Administrator Discusses Agency Transformation
Noted from the nasawatch site:
Media representatives are invited to NASA Headquarters Thursday, June 24. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will outline the agency's Transformation, which is an important component of the final report from the Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy.
Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 22, 2004 10:33 AM
Spaceship survived control problem
Glitch may hurt X-Prize chances
http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004b/spacestoryN0623SPACEONE.htm
snipet from article: The one comment I found most enjoyable was to set his sights on loftier goals, might stage orbital test flights sooner than you think.
One thing, however, seems certain: It's likely the small red, white and blue rocket plane never will carry well-heeled adventure travelers on suborbital space tourism flights.
"I doubt very much that Burt would be interested in doing that," Dick Rutan, brother of the aviation legend, told FLORIDA TODAY. "He really has no interest in collecting tickets and taking people for rides."
Instead, the famed aircraft designer likely will set his sights on loftier goals.
Mojave aerospace company might stage orbital test flights, too.
we're heading to orbit sooner than you think, and we know it's crucial to dramatically reducing the costs (of space travel).
Posted by: Harold LaValley at June 23, 2004 07:20 AM
