Spaceship One to launch

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » September 29, 2004, 11:36 am

http://xprize.primary.net/home.php

Live webcast. Interesting as hell.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · September 29, 2004, 12:17 pm

wow, this is cool.

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » September 29, 2004, 12:19 pm

And it was a successful flight. 338 000 feet and it is now returning as a glider. Wings locked in place and everything looks perfect.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · September 29, 2004, 12:31 pm

Aye. That was awesome how it converted into a glider. I picked a good day to work from home.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » September 29, 2004, 12:52 pm

Big day for space travel, especially if these turn out to be anywhere near as reliable as the shuttle.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · September 29, 2004, 1:02 pm

masteen wrote:Big day for space travel, especially if these turn out to be anywhere near as reliable as the shuttle.

Hopefully more so. Plus with this going on in the private sector, hopefully this will force the government to improve their program based on the ingenuity and advances on display from this project.

I'm very excited about this contest.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » September 29, 2004, 1:02 pm

Thanks for the link Kelshara, very very cool.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 29, 2004, 1:15 pm

And it landed fine.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/2 ... index.html

Yay!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 29, 2004, 1:22 pm

It's a big moment in history that will be taught in grade school in the year 2150....maybe in a classroom on the moon!

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » September 29, 2004, 4:16 pm

I can only hope Winnow. I'd like to be the teacher up there on the moon. A great day for space travel.

Lynks · Post by **Lynks** » September 29, 2004, 6:28 pm

Winnow wrote:It's a big moment in history that will be taught in grade school in the year 2150....maybe in a classroom on the moon!

the moons of Jupiter that is!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 29, 2004, 7:03 pm

Lynks wrote:
Winnow wrote:It's a big moment in history that will be taught in grade school in the year 2150....maybe in a classroom on the moon!
the moons of Jupiter that is!

Just stay away from Europa!