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X-Prize Update: SpaceShipOne's Third Drop Test
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| 10/09/03
| Leonard David
Posted on 10/09/2003 5:53:35 PM PDT by KevinDavis
The pilot of a passenger-carrying spaceship being readied for suborbital flight reported some handling problems in an otherwise successful shakeout test.
The folks at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California once again put SpaceShipOne through its paces. This third drop test of the craft took place on Sept. 23. The somewhat cagey firm, in pursuit of the $10 million X Prize, does not pre-announce flights or overtly publicize after-the-fact results from trial runs of the SpaceShipOne
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rutan; space; spaceshipone; xprize
At least they get the kinks out now rather than the inital flight. Place your bets who do you think is going to win?
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10/09/2003 5:54:37 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
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I'm not betting against Burt, sure wish he could've made an attempt on Dec.17th.
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10/09/2003 5:55:47 PM PDT
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Brett66
To: Brett66
He will but he does not announce the flight schedules. I think he will.
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10/09/2003 5:58:38 PM PDT
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KevinDavis
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To: KevinDavis
Add me to the space ping list please. Thanks in advance.
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10/09/2003 5:59:15 PM PDT
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SengirV
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