Re: SpaceShipOne is on its way

From: Jordan179 (JSBassior2001_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: 21 Jun 2004 17:18:36 -0700

schillin@spock.usc.edu (John Schilling) wrote in message news:<cb7a8v$kva$1@spock.usc.edu>...
> "Dreamer" <dreamer@dreamstrike.com> writes:
>
> >Their text page is reporting that the ship has separated from the carrier
> >and has fired its main boost engine, details to follow.
>
>
> This eyewitness reports that the ship has landed safely following a
> brief but successful mission.

Yay!

Admittedly, it's only duplicating where the US and Soviet
_governmental_ space programs had gotten by 1959-61, but it was
privately funded, and hopefully it will lead to bigger and better
spaceships to come.

By the way, was _Spaceship One_ a total one-shot, or are any of its
components intended for reusability?

Sincerely Yours,
Jordan

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