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2 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
3 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!
5 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: KevinDavis
And almost a mile to spare.
No problem!
8 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: KevinDavis
358 thousand feet? Mach 3?
Yeowza! Another California aviation/aerospace first.
Congratulations to all!.
10 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: KevinDavis
It looked like the dam*ed thing was going to spin out of control.
13 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: KevinDavis
I'm no expert but that seems very high. Higher than a kite. pretty much up there. i mean lofty. High.
To: KevinDavis
8 “SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 337,500 feet...”
Wow, 64 miles, it just matched the performance of the 60 year old WW-II V2 missile! Well, this was a privately funded and manned mission, so congrats anyway.
--Boot Hill
23 posted on
09/29/2004 7:10:14 PM PDT by
Boot Hill
(Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!!!)
To: KevinDavis
This is spectacular news. Its staggering how absolutely attainable it is for man to go into space. And yet, to so many people its "a waste of money". I've heard people actually put down private enterprise in space as a waste of money (total knuckleheads, of course), and then go home and watch some live event on TV.
If they win the X-prize, I think its possible for me to one day have a ride in space - or more.
24 posted on
09/30/2004 6:48:27 AM PDT by
mudblood
To: KevinDavis
28 posted on
09/30/2004 10:06:38 AM PDT by
hattend
(I'm on the Mark Steyn Ping List! I'm somebody!)
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