Posted on 06/22/2004 7:33:44 AM PDT by cartoonistx
Ha! ha! Nice take!
I thought this was going to be another Seven of Nine thread :).
There is no question if the federal government did this project the costs would already be in the billions. I can just imagine the government requiring a handicap ramp to enter the ship.
The flight was flawless. The event attended by maybe 30K people. After the flight there was a sign propped up on SS1 saying "SpaceShip 1, NASA 0. It was all over by 9:30.
The craft is powered by tires and laughing gas. They could probably turn it around in a day. Imagine being anywhere on the planet with an airport in 90 minutes. There is a viable business here.
Pictures to follow, somewhere, sometime.
OK, you mentioned her first. The rules now require that you post a picture....
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