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More info on Burt's X-Prize entry.
4 posted on
07/08/2003 9:46:16 PM PDT by
Brett66
To: Brett66
THE LAUNCHER The White Knight (above), powered by two used jet engines culled from an Air Force trainer ("the cheapest engines I could find," says the designer), shares many parts with SpaceShipOne and can be used as a simulator for the smaller vehicle.
Photograph by Misha Gravenor
5 posted on
07/08/2003 9:47:13 PM PDT by
Brett66
To: Brett66
Cool. I'd fly in it, I'd even fast for a few days to not have anything to puke up.
Good luck Burt! Break the space oligarchy.
10 posted on
07/09/2003 8:08:38 AM PDT by
discostu
(you've got to bleed for the dancer)
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