Rutan rocks! Here's to winning the X-prize with their 2nd Space flight inside of two weeks on July 4th! Who knows, they may even make more flights than that!
Posted on 06/02/2004 1:56:42 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Rutan rocks! Here's to winning the X-prize with their 2nd Space flight inside of two weeks on July 4th! Who knows, they may even make more flights than that!
They don't have to carry three people. The vehicle must be capable of taking three people, but they can take ballast instead and still win the prize. This flight will not be a prize flight, because they haven't provided adequate pre-notification, but if it's successful, I would expect a prize attempt during the summer (perhaps with a first flight on July 20?).
I wonder how much a space tourism ticket will run. I bet they won't accept frequent flyer miles.
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