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December 17th 03, 10:10 PM
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Space Ship One first powered flight!
www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today.
68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. No injuries,minor damage. Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! 
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December 18th 03, 01:33 AM
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"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message ... In article , wrote: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today. 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. No injuries,minor damage. Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn! Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of months.. Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now I would be very surprised if anyone beat Burt and his bunch to the punch. When has he not hit a target he set out to? James Taylor www.AICompany.com
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December 18th 03, 03:44 AM
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The "Pond Racer" comes to mind... but my utmost respect to Burt. He truly is
one of the greats, and I dare say, the best that's currently working in the industry.
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#5
December 18th 03, 05:32 AM
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:25:10 -0500 Chris Schmelzer wrote:
In article , wrote: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today. 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. No injuries,minor damage. Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn! Just to be correct (and not to rain on the achievement) The SpaceshipOne separates from WK at ~50,000ft. Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of months.. Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now They certainly are contenders! R. Hubbell
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#6
December 18th 03, 07:28 AM
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On 17 Dec 2003 01:10 PM, posted the following:
www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today. 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. No injuries,minor damage. Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! All hail Burt. Way to steal the show on Wright Brothers day; moving forward when everybody else's attention is focused on the past. I may name a kid after him someday, just gotta convince the wife. 8^) ---------------------------------------------------- Del Rawlins- Remove _kills_spammers_ to reply via email. Unofficial Bearhawk FAQ website: http://www.rawlinsbrothers.org/bhfaq/
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#7
December 18th 03, 07:46 AM
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:33:37 GMT, "James"
wrote: : :"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message ... : In article , : wrote: : : www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket  owered: flight today. : : 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. : Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. : No injuries,minor damage. : : : Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! : : : Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn! : : Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of : months.. : : Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now : :I would be very surprised if anyone beat Burt and his bunch to the punch. :When has he not hit a target he set out to? : Grizzley Solitare Visionair Vantage V-jet Proteus Starship Ares Triumph jet Pond Racer NGT/T46 Lotus Microlight CM-144 AD-1 skew wing Other than those, he's done very well.
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#8
December 18th 03, 10:01 AM
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From:
: : Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now : :I would be very surprised if anyone beat Burt and his bunch to the punch. :When has he not hit a target he set out to? : Grizzley Solitare Visionair Vantage V-jet Proteus Starship Ares Triumph jet Pond Racer NGT/T46 Lotus Microlight CM-144 AD-1 skew wing Other than those, he's done very well. If memory serves the X-prize involves flying 3 people into space and landing safely then do it again within a week with the same vehicle. Your examples don't do that. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
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#9
December 18th 03, 12:14 PM
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Good luck to the pioneers of the next century! All hail Burt. Way to steal the show on Wright Brothers day; moving forward when everybody else's attention is focused on the past. I may name a kid after him someday, just gotta convince the wife. 8^) Del Rawlins- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Convince the wife of what? About the name..... or about having a kid? A baby girl named Burt? Hmmmmm. g Barnyard BOb --
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#10
December 18th 03, 01:50 PM
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wrote in message . ..
www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today. 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier. Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed. No injuries,minor damage. More details he http://www.scaled.com/news/news.htm
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