1 posted on
06/11/2008 12:18:49 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Burt Rutan (L.) with SpaceShipOne, the spacecraft that he designed,
in the Scaled Composites hangar at the Mojave Spaceport.
The day before this photo was taken, SpaceShipOne won the $10-million
Ansari X PRIZE by reaching 100 kilometers in altitude twice in a two-week period.
2 posted on
06/11/2008 12:30:03 PM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: BenLurkin
Someday in the history books it will be...
3 posted on
06/11/2008 12:33:46 PM PDT by
allmost
To: BenLurkin
made history in June 2004
...zzzz... zzzz... zzrrt! Hmm? Musta dozed off...
Thanks BenL.
4 posted on
06/11/2008 11:13:58 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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