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Ansari X-Prize Launch Live Thread (Update: LANDING SUCCESSFUL!)
09/29/04
Posted on 09/28/2004 6:36:19 PM PDT by KevinDavis
This is going to be a live thread for tomorrows launch of Spaceship one...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: space; xprize
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To: KevinDavis
I hope I get on the feed this time.
To: alnitak
price per seat on each flight, which will include at least three days of pre-flight training, are expected to start at around $190,000And I won't open my restaurant until I raise $250k.... I HATE DECISIONS LIKE THIS!!!!
Ok.... Deep breath... 4-5 days for 190K ~ 20K/day. I don't make that much. I won't make that much.
At $250K, I've projected at least 3 years until failure for the restaurant. That works out to... carry the 6.... to... $228.3105022831050228310502283105/day or pretty close. I can make and lose that much.
I still want to go up...
/john
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:49:28 AM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mmit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: snopercod
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:50:00 AM PDT
by
Dog
(John Kerry going for the Earl Schieb look......$39.95.)
To: All
Luckily I signed up at xprize to have my name to go aboard SS1.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:52:47 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: snopercod; KevinDavis
I was several hours late for work on April 12, 1981. Remember what day that was?I sure do. :-)
Pure vanity now:
I am reading this certificate that was presented to me as we speak:
-Presented to "xxx" In Recognition of Outstanding Support Performed During the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia; Twelve thru Fourteen April 1981-
Sorry just had to brag here! :-)
To: RadioAstronomer
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:54:56 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Dog
The day Reagan was shot.That was 30 March 1981
To: RadioAstronomer
Kudos, RA! Thank you for pushing the envelope.
/john
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:55:55 AM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mmit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: KevinDavis
lol My parents were kinda goofy. :-) Not every parent names there kid "xxx". hehehe! :-)
To: JRandomFreeper
Kudos, RA! Thank you for pushing the envelope. Awww! :-) THANKS!
To: All
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:01:11 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
FOX said 45 minutes at 6 PST - a 15 min delay or error?
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:08:06 AM PDT
by
norton
To: norton
Space.com said rollout at 6:30. My mistake probaly...
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:08:51 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: norton
Fox may not cut in with coverage until SS1 is rolling out onto the runway. I may have to watch the other networks on this one, CNN had much better coverage than Fox when SS1 went to space last time.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:10:43 AM PDT
by
Brett66
(Dan Rather, the most busted man in America.)
To: KevinDavis
Nothing online yet. Any word as to when the coverage will begin?
To: Brett66; All
CNN has the best coverage in matters of space exploration. IMHO.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:11:47 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
The crowds at Mojave are being told to stick around after today's flight for a "major announcement" concerning the X Prize Foundation's future.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:12:28 AM PDT
by
alnitak
("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)
To: KevinDavis
I agree on CNN's space coverage--is the reporter Miles O'Brien?
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:12:32 AM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Reaganesque
Ah-ha! I tried it again and this time its up and running. They're running a documentary of some kind. Talking about Lindbergh.
To: Catspaw; All
I don't know.. There was on reporter who was a good one. He died in a car accident.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:16:41 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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