Posted on 09/14/2004 6:50:25 PM PDT by KevinDavis
In two weeks, the front-runner in a race to fly a privately developed passenger ship to space is scheduled to make its move.
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I'm sure Rutan will win too.
I hope they got that control issue solved though. Sounds like there were a few tense moments as he was about to come down.
There were some potentially serious problems on the first space flight. I wouldn't give it to them yet, but hope for the best.
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