Posted on 11/20/2004 4:48:39 PM PST by anymouse
"I prefer your mind not being poisoned with all this garbage," he said Friday, causing a few to laugh.
Space ping
Aviation ping.
God bless'em!
Within 5 years of the Lindbergh flight to Paris the DC-1, DC-3 and the Boeing Flying Boats were plying the air routes blazed by Lindbergh. He charted London to Sydney for BOAC, Minneaplis to Tokyo for Northwest Airlines and Dallas to Mexico city for Braniff!
Burt is the "Right Stuff"!
It's a lot bigger job getting to orbit. I wonder if any of the ideas Burt used in winning the X-prize will be useful in attaining and returning from orbit. Aside from the piggyback ride to launch I mean.
Oops that the Shadow!!!
If he gathers mavericks, in his mold, then "The Sky's not the Limit"!
This has been the dream of us SciFi nuts for years. The private sector is the key.
You know there's a guy here in the Clear Lake Area, former NASA rocket scientist who is working on his own X-Prize entry...He is one of the original participants...
Its the "Advent" program...
His system will be a single-stage to orbit launched vertically from the water...
Should be fun...
Hey Stevie, how's it going?
I got to know the Advent guys (Harry and Jim) some years ago. They made a good go of it, but they never got the funding to go forward. As opposed to other such schemes, they did refund all of their customers money. As far as I know they have no plans to resurrect their launcher plans.
"But a university representative later jokingly reminded students to finish their liberal arts coursework."
Can't have thinking minds running loose can we!
I like Rutan and his accomplishments but the stuff he's predicting is frankly a pipe dream. That is unless there's a major breakthrough in propulsion technology. Affordable space travel is like commercial nuclear fusion, always 30 years away.
Well, it isn't impossible.
in 1900, cars were still called "horseless carraiges"
in 1940, air power was a decisive factor in the opening rounds of WW2.
What can WE do in 30-40 years?
I think its pretty exciting. But something in the back of my mind says, " Preston Tucker ", with NASA in the role of the big 3 auto companies.
Did Tucker made a better car and the Big 3 got scared of Tucker???
Don't underestimate the American Spirit..
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