Excellent example of how NASA needs to be rethought. This is the beginning of a whole new era of commercial space flight.
To: RockyMtnMan
"SAFE RETURN - Civilian astronaut Brian Binnie stands atop SpaceShipOne with a flag that he carried into space Monday morning at Mojave Airport Civilian Aerospace Test Center. "I wake up every morning and thank God I live in a country where all this can happen," he said." ROB LAYMAN/Valley Press
2 posted on
10/06/2004 7:16:50 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
To: RockyMtnMan
People like Paul Allen are doing the right thing. He's got the money. He invests it in something that will pay off for humanity, and for himself. There's big money to be made, and we will all benefit from the effort.
I'm thinking of Tessier-Ashpool S.A. "Freeside: Why wait?"
3 posted on
10/06/2004 7:20:27 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: RockyMtnMan
5 posted on
10/06/2004 7:21:45 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
To: RockyMtnMan
6 posted on
10/06/2004 7:22:31 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
To: RockyMtnMan
"I don't think we'll really have an industry until we go orbital," said Dennis Parks Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Sheesh, celebrate the achievement for a while, Dennis.
To: RockyMtnMan
I dont think NASA could have thought about this for $20mil
9 posted on
10/06/2004 7:40:24 AM PDT by
Mr. K
To: RockyMtnMan
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson