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SpaceShipOne reached 337,500 feet: judging committee
spacedaily.com ^
| 09/29/04
Posted on 09/29/2004 5:26:04 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Private rocketship SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 337,500 feet (101,250 meters) on Wednesday on the first leg of its bid to capture a 10-million-dollar prize for manned space travel, officials said.
The official Ansari X Prize judging committee said the figure remained subject to verification from equipment at nearby Edwards Air Force Base, but the initial data showed SpaceShipOne had surpassed the 328,000 feetmeters) considered the edge of space.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rutan; space; spaceshipone; xprize
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To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:26:35 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:27:21 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("With 64 days left, John Kerry still has time to change his mind 4 or 5 more times" - Rudy Giuliani)
To: KevinDavis
To: KevinDavis
Ping for free enterprise in space!
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:27:48 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
I heard the pilot on the radio, he said he had shut down
the engine with another 11 seconds of burn left.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:29:36 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
What are "feetmeters"?Devices for measuring feet.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:30:12 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.)
To: KevinDavis
And almost a mile to spare.
No problem!
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:32:45 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
Feetmeter= 'bout 3 square feet.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:40:05 PM PDT
by
sasquatch
To: KevinDavis
358 thousand feet? Mach 3?
Yeowza! Another California aviation/aerospace first.
Congratulations to all!.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:42:45 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Poohbah
Devices for measuring feet. Mine only ever registers 2...but they're big.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:47:22 PM PDT
by
Egon
(Kerry and the MSM: co-conspirators in treason in 1970, and again in 2004.)
To: Poohbah
'What are "feetmeters"?'
Devices for measuring feet. So what are the units of odor anyway?
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:53:53 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Cbs: Tune in. Turn on. Ignore doubt | Iran Azadi | Traditional Anglicans: trad-anglican.faithweb.com)
To: KevinDavis
It looked like the dam*ed thing was going to spin out of control.
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posted on
09/29/2004 5:54:20 PM PDT
by
Max Combined
(I gave back, I can't remember, six, seven, eight, nine...)
To: KevinDavis
Astronaut Mike Melvill celebrates on top of SpaceShipOne after landing at the Mojave Spaceport.
To: concentric circles
He gets another shot at killing himself in a week or so.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:11:12 PM PDT
by
Max Combined
(I gave back, I can't remember, six, seven, eight, nine...)
To: Max Combined
Sunday or Monday, they're saying.
To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC; martin_fierro; dighton
What are "feetmeters"?feetmeter (n): the basic unit of calibration for beebers (esp. beebers used in stuning)
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:22:12 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(DEMS: Kim tested, Osama approved.)
To: Max Combined; All
"It looked like the dam*ed thing was going to spin out of control."It actually was out of control because the pilot could not stop is.
That was my concern. I wasn't too concerned about the roll.
My concern was that the pilot could not stop it.
(All)
The pilot is to be replaced for the Sunday/Monday flight.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:28:48 PM PDT
by
El Gran Salseron
(It translates as the Great, Big Salsa Dancer, nothing more. :-))
To: KevinDavis
I'm no expert but that seems very high. Higher than a kite. pretty much up there. i mean lofty. High.
To: sionnsar
So what are the units of odor anyway? funk (n) (fungk): abbr. fK. A unit of odor detectable by the human nose, especially odor emanating from the human body, equal to the amount of lead oxide paint 1/1000-in. thick that is removed and/or bubbled up from a painted surface when exposed to said odor.
One thousand microfunks (mfK) is the standardized equivalent to one funk (fK). A smelly human foot unwashed for at least 3 days is equivalent to about 35 microfunks. The contents of Helen Thomas' laundry hamper is the standardized equivalent to 296 funks.
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posted on
09/29/2004 6:44:46 PM PDT
by
asgardshill
(Got a lump of coal? Tell Mary Mapes to 'shove it' - in 2 weeks you'll have a diamond.)
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