SpaceShipOne Inventor Says Space in Reach

Yahoo News ^ | 04/20/05 | ERICA WERNER

[KevinDavis]

WASHINGTON - The inventor of the first private spaceship predicted Wednesday that commercial manned space flight would move quickly from joyrides for millionaires to the general public and spawn advances not yet imagined — much as early computers opened the way for the Internet.

[KevinDavis]

We need to get out of the 1967 UN SPace Treaty...

[KevinDavis]

[BenLurkin]

"We are working very hard to ensure this will be extremely attractive to the public," said Rutan, 61, of Mojave, Calif. "I think this will be a much, much bigger market than anyone imagines."

[dfwddr]

Rutan and Virgin Galactic President Will Whitehorn said the industry can develop best without government interference

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[Larry Lucido]

much as early computers opened the way for the Internet

If could happen faster if they found porn out there.

[Larry Lucido]

Course, then you'd have to deal with cyber popup ads.....

[Arbuthnaut]

[Larry Lucido]

LOL!

[RAY]

We need to make space flight, especially the launch and space entry, such that we can send nuclear waste from power plants to the sun.

At this point, a nuclear waste vehicle malfunction might be equivalent to a dirty bomb.

This point alone might be enough to interest the power industry -- as apparently, one of the greatest negatives of nuclear power is the waste disposal problem.

This, of course, is a hair brain thought that entered this old mind and followed by no real analysis. I'll leave the analysis to the smart folk!

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

I remember meeting and talking with Dick Rutan, brother of Burt, for several hours. At later time, I met Dick again, and the lovely Jenna Yeager. They later flew the "Solitaire" around the world.

Thru Dick, I knew Burt a bit. He is a dynamic person and accomplished much. Burt designed what appeared to be unconventional aircrafts. They were designed to FLY! Not just to look good. That is the basic philosophy of the Rutan Brothers.

I expect to hear more from Burt as he goes on to accomplish much more to add to the aviation history.

It was a privilege to have met Dick and Jenna.

[KevinDavis]

It seems that Burt tends to push the limits of Aviation.I wonder what he going to do next?

[Hunble]

This point alone might be enough to interest the power industry -- as apparently, one of the greatest negatives of nuclear power is the waste disposal problem.

Why not simply put it back where it came from? An ounce of enriched Uranium or Plutonium is the end result of mining and processing tons ore.

Would it not be much simpler to grind down the nuclear waste, mix it with tons of it's original ore, and returned it to it's place of origin?

Oh well, I guess that is way too simple and logical.

[Hunble]

P.S. Go Burt Go!

[RAY]

Would it not be much simpler to grind down the nuclear waste, mix it with tons of it's original ore, and returned it to it's place of origin?

Oh well, I guess that is way too simple and logical.

Now, you really are being to practical.

However, no knowing what the real problem is with nuclear waste disposal, it must be significant, otherwise, why has it received so much attention?

[demlosers]

After SpaceShipOne's flights last year, Congress passed legislation to regulate space tourism, authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration Latest News about Federal Aviation Administration to issue permits allowing private operators to carry paying passengers into space. Over objections from Democrats who wanted more safety regulations, the law barred the FAA from issuing safety regulations for passengers and crew for eight years.

The D-rats trying to throw up more road blocks. You dumb Rats have to let pioneers take chances to push the boundaries. But I'm sure you guys don't care about space in general.

[KevinDavis]

They care more about the Chinese in space than us..