Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: toeknee32

"I still like Burt Rutan's group design - Spaceship One. Simplistic and already got to space."

Me too. Wings are old school, but they work great when the engine quits. This thing looks like a gum drop and if something goes wrong I can see it screwing itself into the center of the earth in no time.


21 posted on 01/04/2007 9:43:55 AM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]


To: taxed2death

That's what parachutes are for.

BTW, wings don't always ensure a safe landing. Just ask the Columbia shuttle crew. Oh wait you can't - because they are all dead!!!


23 posted on 01/04/2007 9:50:47 AM PST by anymouse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson