Rec.Suborbital.Homebuilt?

Read this article -- pretty interesting commentary about the coming
age of suborbital homebuilding

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/30/2

And here's an example of it:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...st_030707.html

I thought ALL homebuilts were suborbital at this point.

{;-)

Jim


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"sanman" wrote in message
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Read this article -- pretty interesting commentary about the coming
age of suborbital homebuilding

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/30/2

And here's an example of it:


http://www.space.com/businesstechnol...est_030707.htm
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Here's a better example, flight ready hardware, software and pilots:

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/index.htm

sanman wrote:

Read this article -- pretty interesting commentary about the coming
age of suborbital homebuilding

The first suborbital homebuilt flight was just under 100 years ago.

Dave 'apogee' Hyde

"Dave Hyde" wrote in message
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sanman wrote:

Read this article -- pretty interesting commentary about the coming
age of suborbital homebuilding

The first suborbital homebuilt flight was just under 100 years ago.

Dave 'apogee' Hyde


Surely by that criteria it was several millenia ago when the first birdman
stepped off a cliff with eagle feathers in his hands and a misplaced
understanding of power to weight ratios?

Andy McKenzie

The first suborbital homebuilt flight was just under 100 years ago.

Dave 'apogee' Hyde


Bzzzt. Several suborbital homebuilt flights were made in the decades
preceeding the Kitty Hawk event. Of course they were unpowered,
uncontrolled, or unmanned (or some combination thereof).

Russell "is it accurate, or precise?" Kent