SpaceShip One

"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:0l1Ac.115638$Ly.79222@attbi_s01...
It is amazing that someone who claims to be interested in aviation would
not
see this as a historic event just because it has been, in some form,
accomplished before.

. . . But then, you're not an idiot.


--
Jim Fisher

(lance smith) wrote in
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The actual flying/rocketing/technology part is nothing new. What is
historic is the people/process in which it was done. Similar to the
assembly line- everyone was making guns before Eli Whitney came along,
and plenty of people were cranking out cars before Henry Ford. They
changed the world, but the technical aspects of what they did could be
considered quite minimal.

Another good analogy... The Atlantic had been crossed by many times before
Lindberg, but his flight - by an individual, in a private aircraft built on
a relative shoe string - is the one (probably the only one that folks
outside aviation circles) that is remembered.

Today's update on SpaceShip One from Alan Radecki on the yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mojaveairport/
-Brenor

Hi all,

Not sure what the hitch is, but the designation of MHV as the first
commercial inland spaceport didn't happen by the FAA as expected
yesterday...stay tuned.

Regarding broadcasts and webcasts of the launch...CNN is reportedly
going to do a live broadcast, don't know if that'll reach Europe.
Local radio station KLOA FM 104.9 has the exclusive radio rights to
direct feed, and it now sounds as if they'll be live webcasting the
audio at http://www.kloafm.com/

There is now a map of the public parking area up on the the airport
site at http://www.mojaveairport.com/special-ops.htm

If you haven't seen it yet, Scaled has a FAQ on their site at
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/june21faq.htm

There really is no other news to report this morning...it's a
gorgeous, if somewhat warm day...

Alan