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Old June 23rd 04, 03:43 AM
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Date: 6/22/2004 8:39 PM Central Daylight Time
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Yuppers..... You can just imagine all those NASA and public trough
government people watching the spaceship being towed back to the hanger
by a pickup truck with a couple of average joes sitting on the
tailgate.


And not wearing white overalls etc.

I think one of the tidiest actions was when the pilot left the aircraft just a
few minutes after landing unlike 20 minutes or so while the space shuttle is
purged of poisonous gasses.

I wonder how many NASA types felt as if they were slapped.

It's just so sweet

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

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Old June 23rd 04, 04:03 AM
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B2431 wrote:

From: Only in America
Date: 6/22/2004 8:39 PM Central Daylight Time
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http://www.contactmagazine.com/Scale...rment-Zero.JPG

Yuppers..... You can just imagine all those NASA and public trough
government people watching the spaceship being towed back to the hanger
by a pickup truck with a couple of average joes sitting on the
tailgate.


And not wearing white overalls etc.

I think one of the tidiest actions was when the pilot left the aircraft just a
few minutes after landing unlike 20 minutes or so while the space shuttle is
purged of poisonous gasses.

I wonder how many NASA types felt as if they were slapped.

It's just so sweet

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired


How about the yourn stud "astronauts" upstaged by a 62 year old
grandpa?
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Old June 23rd 04, 04:25 AM
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Richard Lamb wrote:

How about the yourn stud "astronauts" upstaged by a 62 year old
grandpa?


Oh what the heck..... While we are at it.

How about making the trip in pressurized comfort, wear comfy clothes,
neato pilots sunglasses, oxygen mask, and floating M&Ms around
the cockpit.

What do you think Pepsi would pay to have him scarf down a slice of
pie from Pizza Hut while downing a Pepsi up there.
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Old June 23rd 04, 05:15 AM
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"B2431" wrote in message
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I think one of the tidiest actions was when the pilot left the

aircraft just a
few minutes after landing unlike 20 minutes or so while the space

shuttle is
purged of poisonous gasses.


Uh, waiting for the hull temperature to cool down so the crew doesn't
get burned while egressing? ;-)


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Old June 23rd 04, 06:17 AM
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On 23 Jun 2004 02:43:58 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

Yuppers..... You can just imagine all those NASA and public trough
government people watching the spaceship being towed back to the hanger
by a pickup truck with a couple of average joes sitting on the
tailgate.


And not wearing white overalls etc.

I think one of the tidiest actions was when the pilot left the aircraft just a
few minutes after landing unlike 20 minutes or so while the space shuttle is
purged of poisonous gasses.

I wonder how many NASA types felt as if they were slapped.


They probably feel the same way Air Force or airline pilots feel when they
see a Cessna rolled out of its hangar, preflighted, and taxied out for
takeoff in a period of about 15 minutes...by just one guy.

....or, for that matter, how a typical Cessna driver feels when he sees a
guy with a Kitfox on a trailer roll up, unfold the wings, and go flying.

The Space Shuttle and SpaceShipOne have different mission requirements,
thus different performance levels. It's the difference between an
ultralight and a 737. It's not surprising if the ground-handling
requirements and overall acquisition costs are far less, as the required
performance is commensurately lower as well.

It took about forty years from the date the first government-sponsored
manned aerospacecraft left the atmosphere and glided down to a safe landing
in the California desert to the successful flight of the first private one.
If the same timescale was used for conventional airplanes, the first
privately-owned aircraft would have flown in 1943.

If it was easy, it wouldn't be rocket science. All the more credit to the
SpaceShipOne developers and crew.


Ron Wanttaja
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Old June 23rd 04, 06:39 AM
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ChuckSlusarczyk wrote in message ...
In article , Frank Hitlaw
says...
Hi Frank
I heard mooz is claiming to have been in Beech chase plane .I can't believe Burt
was that unknowing about who he let on board.That is if it's true. Boy talk
about useless baggage he probably got airsick LOL!!!



Chuck! You are just not being fair to Zoom. After all, he is probably
the most qualified person to be in the chase plane. Remember, he *is*
a graduate of the Test Pilot School! This could come in handy, should
there be any re-entry problems, where they need Jim to "talk the pilot
back to earth". Besides, this is a risky flight, and if there were any
medical problems, Jim's extensive medical background could come in
handy too.

Thank God he was there to let mission control know they suffered some
damage on the fuselage.
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Old June 23rd 04, 08:01 AM
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"Pianome" wrote in message news:Ng1Cc.89931$HG.26418@attbi_s53...
ANN Publisher Jim Campbell, flying just feet away from Scaled's
SpaceShipOne in a Beechcraft Starship chase plane, was the first to report
some indications of possible thermal or load damage on the aft portion of
the spacecraft, just in front of the rocket bell. --

Wow!!! Flying just "feet" away!!! Did Zoom get his space wings also???


Pianome


I was listening to the chase planes and I thought that the high
chase (the Alpha Jet) called that Space Ship 1 appeared to have some
damage. It was possible load or thermal damage,great trick for the
mooz to be in both planes at once. They had three chase planes the
Alpha Jet was the high chase,The Beech Starship was for medium
altitudes and a Extra 300 for low chase. Mooz probably logged time in
all three Monday.
I did see the nitwits by-line on a photo for Reuters in USA Today.
Bet that he fed them one of his lines of B.S. he has alot of them.

Frank
 




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