(Regnirps) wrote in
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The "expert consultant" on the tube and radio keeps saying that this
is the first private rocket. Never heard of Goddard or Evil Kneivel?
Or even the rocket club when i was a kid. We made some mighty
dangerous flying bombs.

Also that they reached "orbital altitudes" making the next step
orbiting and flying to the space station or Moon. Uhm, yeah. It only
has to go six times faster without burning up.

-- Charlie Springer


Private COMMERCIAL rocket,and one that carries passengers.
Your examples were not commercial rockets,and neither carried passengers.

And one has to take baby steps before walking or running.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net