Posted on 06/19/2004 2:30:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis
All spaceflight is risky, any expert will tell you. Maiden voyages can be particularly tricky, given all the unknowns. Even SpaceShipOne, a smooth-operating, trusty craft, had a mishap upon landing during a test flight last December.
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From the look of those photos, ANY section is the smoking section. LOL!
Oh, yeah, I'm there as soon as the tickets are cheap enough.
I was on the Space Ping List but haven't gotten pinged lately - can you stick me back on, please?
Maybe the first interplanetary flight for for SpaceShip one should be to Pluto !!
Yeah, I'd climb on board. Get me the hell off of this Godforsaken planet!
> YIKES!
Whaddaya mean, "Yikes?" Howe many other planes can you think of that could land hard, collapse their main landing gear, and then be flown again in only a few months? Hell, how many could be flown again *period*?
To me, that photo doesn't scream, "Yikes," it shouts "Hell yeah!" at full volume.
I happen to agree with you 100% I would leave this planet and never look back.
I happen to agree with you 100% I would leave this planet and never look back.
A resounding 'Hell Yes' from me, too. :)
If I had kids, I take them along too.
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