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BRITISH COMPANY TO UNVEIL MANNED ROCKET CAPSULE
X-Prize ^
| 7/11/03
Posted on 07/12/2003 6:47:15 PM PDT by KevinDavis
WHO: Independent rocket builder Starchaser Industries Ltd
WHAT: The unveiling their new "NOVA" rocket capsule
WHERE: STRONG ENTERPRISES
11236 SATELLITE BLVD.
ORLANDO, FL
WHEN: MONDAY July 14, 2003.
Please arrive 10am sharp for the 10.30am unveiling.
Weighing in at 440 lb and measuring 10 feet in length, the single seater Nova II capsule is being fitted with a bespoke parachute system prior to shipment to Arizona. The manned capsule will then be dropped from a C-123K transport aircraft at an altitude of 14,000 feet over the Red Lake Drop Zone, in order to practice landing the reusable craft.
(Excerpt) Read more at xprize.org ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: space; starchaser; xprize
Looks like there is going to be four major competitors. Go Burt!
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posted on
07/12/2003 6:48:27 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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posted on
07/12/2003 6:48:37 PM PDT
by
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To: KevinDavis
A one-passenger capsule is a start, but X-prize needs 2 or 3 in the capsule.
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posted on
07/12/2003 7:21:19 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
To: KevinDavis
Bo Burt Bump!
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posted on
07/12/2003 8:00:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is slavery.)
To: RightWhale
That is correct. I don't know how they inteded to win with just a 1 person capsule.
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posted on
07/13/2003 6:06:12 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
Yes, but will it leak oil?
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posted on
07/13/2003 6:09:26 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(The Preview button is for wimps!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Yes, but will it leak oil? LOL! - Not if you clean it with a fluffless cloth.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Pack the Whitworth wrench set.
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posted on
07/13/2003 6:18:07 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(The Preview button is for wimps!)
To: RightWhale; KevinDavis
It looks like the Nova is a manned pre-X-Prize rocket for testing. The Thunderbird under construction will be their true X-Prize attempt.
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posted on
07/13/2003 6:19:26 AM PDT
by
Brett66
To: Brett66
It looks like the next five months are going to be the most interesting time in space travel that I have every seen in my lifetime (I was born after the first moon landing). Heck I'm more excited about the X-PRize competition than I am about the ISS. What is next is to have a private space plane go into space and have NASA just retire the space shuttle fleet.
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posted on
07/13/2003 6:27:07 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
have NASA just retire the space shuttle fleet Don't be surprised if spaceflight in the future is something only Chinese and explorer/adventurists do.
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:03:12 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
To: RightWhale
Hopefully you are wrong, but you maybe right. I think the X-Prize is going to open up a whole next era of space travel, however, from what I seen or hear from most Americans don't give a damn about the future. All they care about is their bellys being full and have a roof over their heads. They don't care about the future at all.
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:15:03 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Yes, but will it leak oil? I hear it will be equipped with Lucas electrics. Each switch will be labeled "dim, flicker, off."
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:17:06 AM PDT
by
MistrX
To: KevinDavis
They don't care about the future at all. That's right. Americans think things are okay now, for the most part, and things won't be better in the future. Party all the time.
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:24:13 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
To: RightWhale
It goes with both sides of the poltical side. It is not just liberals. I hope the Chinese space launch wakes this nation up real fast..
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posted on
07/13/2003 4:18:25 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
"All they care about is their bellys being full and have a roof over their heads. They don't care about the future at all." Although sooner or later, probably sooner, the latter is gonna affect the former.
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posted on
07/14/2003 9:00:23 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
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