https://freerepublic.com/tag/reusablespacecraft/ en-us Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:45:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/896004/posts   Passenger-Carrying Spaceship Makes Desert DebutBy Leonard DavidSenior Space Writerposted: 02:00 pm ET18 April 2003  The wraps are coming off what is billed as the "First Private Manned Space Program" and a new, never-seen spaceship.Aggressive work on a passenger-carrying sub-orbital craft has been active and hidden from public view for two years. Labeled as the SpaceShipOne Project, the unveiling comes courtesy of Scaled Composites, Inc. -- highly regarded as a leader in innovative aircraft development -- and based in the Mojave, California desert, about 80 miles north of Los Angeles.Noted design wizard, Burt Rutan, is lead maverick of the... Space.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/896004/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:45:40 GMT