Posted on 10/09/2005 8:03:01 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Oklahoma City, 10/7/05 – Rocketplane Limited, Inc. announces a new alliance with SpaceShot, Inc. to award Rocketplane spaceflights as prizes in upcoming SpaceShot online skill game tournaments.
“Space travel should not just be for the wealthy and government astronauts,” announced Sam Dinkin, CEO of SpaceShot, Inc. “For less than $5 and some skill, anyone could be the first on their block to win a trip to space!”
(Excerpt) Read more at space-shot.com ...
Heinlein would have loved this.
Rocket plane looks like a Lear Jet with a rocket stuffed in it's tail. They do sell T shirts and are looking for someone to send them $20 million to get started.
This is a joke, right?
> Rocket plane looks like a Lear Jet with a rocket stuffed in it's tail.
That's because it's a Learjet with a rocket stuffed in its tail.
> Heinlein would have loved this.
Only marginally. He wouldn't have gotten really happy until the Space Corps had tailsitters powered by single-H.
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