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  • Brave New World? Next Steps Planned for Private Space Travel

    10/06/2004 9:22:00 AM PDT · by Old Sarge Ski · 261+ views
    Google News ^ | 10/6/2004 | Leonard David
    MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA -- While SpaceShipOne’s wispy contrail from sky to space quickly vanished into the thin desert air here, Monday’s flight at Mojave Spaceport left a solid line in the sand -- to create a "new space age" of personal space travel. "This is the end of the beginning," said Gregg Maryniak, X Prize Foundation Executive Director, shortly after Brian Binnie had piloted SpaceShipOne to a successful win of the $10 million Ansari X Prize. For the X Prize Foundation, plans are underway for the start of an annual event called the X Prize Cup. Think of it as a...
  • Houston, we have a winner: Allen's group claims X Prize

    10/06/2004 7:12:29 AM PDT · by RockyMtnMan · 15 replies · 445+ views
    seattletimes.com ^ | Tue Oct 5, 2004 | Sandi Doughton
    MOJAVE, Calif. — A $20 million, private investment in manned space flight earned a $10 million return yesterday when a stubby, white rocket captured the X Prize by soaring to the edge of space for the second time in less than a week. SpaceShipOne's jubilant backers predicted it won't be long before that red ink turns black, as the thirst for adventure and exploration fuels a boom in space tourism. "There are real dollars to be made here," said St. Louis entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, who created the prize to inspire a new breed of rocketeers and move human space travel...
  • Annual Competition for Public Space Flight

    10/05/2004 3:53:55 AM PDT · by ckilmer · 4 replies · 291+ views
    Annual Competition for Public Space Flight 1 hour, 4 minutes ago U.S. National - AP By JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press Writer MOJAVE, Calif. - Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by SpaceShipOne's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations. AP Photo AFP Slideshow: X Prize Space Launch Competition Rocket Wins $10M Prize for Trip to Space (AP Video) The privately owned SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Monday by blasting into space for the second time in five days,...
  • SpaceShipOne Flies to Space and Wins the X-Prize

    10/04/2004 12:47:11 PM PDT · by ckilmer · 21 replies · 878+ views
    Universe Today ^ | Oct 4, 2004
    SpaceShipOne Flies to Space and Wins the X-Prize Oct 4, 2004 - SpaceShipOne flew to space Monday morning, for the second time in less than a week. This time, though it came back down $10 million richer, taking the Ansari X-Prize. Pilot Brian Bennie guided the suborbital spacecraft to an altitude of more than 114 km (368,000 feet) after taking off from the Mojave Spaceport in California. Today's flight was completely smooth, without the terrifying series of barrel rolls at the highest point. Monday's flight was so high that it even beat records set by NASA's X-15 aircraft 40 years...
  • SpaceShipOne has made Space History

    10/04/2004 8:47:44 AM PDT · by Mike Fieschko · 123 replies · 3,803+ views
    pythom.com ^ | Oct 4, 2004 | unknown
    Brian Binnie (top left in image), flew the second leg of the X Prize competition in Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne. This is the final successful attempt for the XPrize. The $10 million prize is given to the first privately financed team who can make two successful manned space flights in a craft able to carry three people. The aeronautic rules also states that the pilot must come back in good health, i.e. "survive for 24 hours after landning". Images of the Pilots, Brian top left, and today's space flight - bottom. "We are heading to orbit sooner than you think," Burt...
  • SpaceShipOne soars toward $10 million X Prize as first private, manned rocket into space

    10/04/2004 8:07:36 AM PDT · by VoteHarryBrowne2000 · 47 replies · 1,171+ views
    www.wtnh.com ^ | 10/4/2004 | wtnh.com
    (Mojave, Calif.-AP, Oct 4, 2004 Updated 10:54 AM) _ A stubby rocket plane was slung from the belly of a carrier plane toward space Monday in the final leg of a trip toward the edge of the Earth's atmosphere and a $10 million prize. A new pilot and potential astronaut, Brian Binnie, was chosen to fly the second flight into space in six days for SpaceShipOne, the rocket plane funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. The carrier plane took off from a desert runway and the plane was released in midair and fired its rocket to continue on its...
  • SpaceShipOne To Make 2nd X Prize Flight Monday

    10/02/2004 9:00:59 PM PDT · by jrushing · 20 replies · 427+ views
    SpaceDaily ^ | Mojave (SPX) Oct 01, 2004 | Mojave (SPX) Oct 01, 2004
    The world's first private manned spacecraft will make its second space flight in five days Monday in the final stage of its attempt to win a 10 million dollar prize, organisers said. SpaceShipOne is scheduled to take off at around 7:00 am (1400 GMT) and blast out of the earth's atmosphere just over an hour later in its quest for the Ansari X Prize purse, aimed at spurring a new era of commercial space travel. Organisers of the so-far unique venture also confirmed Friday that the groundbreaking rocketship's pilot Mike Melvill successfully took the craft to 337,500 feet, or...
  • SpaceShipOne Rolling Rumors: Rutan Sets the Record Straight

    10/03/2004 7:02:37 AM PDT · by KevinDavis · 14 replies · 801+ views
    space.com ^ | 10/02/04 | Leonard David
    MOJAVE, California -- The first X Prize flight of SpaceShipOne prompted concern on the ground Wednesday morning -- followed quickly by rumors in the news and on the Internet -- as observers watched the rocketplane repeatedly roll as it sped toward the fringes of space. However, in an e-mail message to reporters Friday, Burt Rutan, the spacecraft's chief designer addressed what he described as a number of "incorrect rumors about the rolls," and offered an account of what took place as pilot Mike Melvill sped to high altitude above Earth.
  • 40 buses heading for SpaceShipOne liftoff

    10/02/2004 3:13:11 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 2 replies · 235+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Saturday, October 2, 2004. | CHRIS AMICO
    When SpaceShipOne makes its historic attempt at a second suborbital flight within one week on Monday, 1,411 elementary school students, parents and teachers from the Rancho Vista area will be watching from the tarmac, thanks to developer R. Gregg Anderson of Rancho Vista Development. If the Mojave-built spacecraft reaches its target altitude of 328,000 feet, or 100 km, it will win the $10 million Ansari X-Prize, which is aimed at jump-starting a commercial space tourism industry. To win, a team must launch a spacecraft capable of carrying three people (or a pilot and the equivalent weight of two passengers) into...
  • SpaceShipOne Ready for Monday's Launch

    10/01/2004 8:03:19 PM PDT · by ckilmer · 2 replies · 284+ views
    universetoday.com ^ | Oct 1, 2004
    SpaceShipOne Ready for Monday's Launch Summary - (Oct 1, 2004) X Prize officials have confirmed that Pilot Mike Melvill took Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 102, 870 metres (337,500 feet) on Wednesday. With this first flight qualified, they'll do their second flight on the morning Monday, October 4. SpaceShipOne and its carrier aircraft will take off at 1400 UTC (7:00am PDT) and ignite its rocket about an hour later. If everything goes well, the spacecraft will reach an altitude of 100 km (62.5 miles) carrying an extra 180 kg (400 pounds) - the equivalent of two passengers. Full...
  • One more flight to go on Monday

    10/01/2004 10:55:17 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 6 replies · 413+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Friday, October 1, 2004. | ALLISON GATLIN
    MOJAVE - One down, one to go. Following its successful spaceflight Wednesday morning, SpaceShipOne will attempt the second flight required to win the $10 million Ansari , on Monday, Oct. 4, barring any unforeseen problems or weather difficulties. The Burt Rutan-designed spacecraft rocketed to an official, but not final, altitude of 337,500 feet, well over the 328,000 feet required by the competition rules. The Ansari X-Prize, an international competition to jump-start the commercial space-travel industry, will award $10 million to the first privately funded team to successfully build and launch a spacecraft capable of carrying three people to 100 kilometers...
  • SpaceShipOne to proceed with 2nd flight for X Prize

    10/01/2004 12:17:07 AM PDT · by bunkerhill7 · 4 replies · 347+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle | Sept. 30, 2004
    SpaceShipOne to proceed with 2nd flight for X Prize JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press Writer Thursday, September 30, 2004 (09-30) 19:40 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The creators of SpaceShipOne will go ahead with plans for another launch next week to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize after analyzing a roll that occurred as it neared space. X Prize organizers announced without elaboration Thursday night that SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan had given notice that he would proceed with Monday morning's scheduled flight. The Ansari X Prize, intended to spur development of space tourism, is a formal competition for privately developed...
  • SpaceShipOne Was Not Out of Control, Builder and Pilot Say

    09/29/2004 5:56:17 PM PDT · by KevinDavis · 31 replies · 1,213+ views
    space.com ^ | 09/29/04 | Leonard David
    MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA – The frightening spin of SpaceShipOne during its trip into space Wednesday was caused by a known deficiency and at no time led to an out-of-control situation, officials said today. The privately built and financed suborbital vehicle shot to an unofficial altitude record of 63.9 miles (102.9 kilometers) during a flight that had ground controllers and webcast viewers worrying for a few tense moments as the craft went into an unexpected series of rolls. Assuming the altitude is verified, SpaceShipOne is one step away from winning $10 million Ansari X Prize, which will be given to the first...
  • SpaceShipOne reached 337,500 feet: judging committee

    09/29/2004 5:26:04 PM PDT · by KevinDavis · 27 replies · 1,065+ views
    spacedaily.com ^ | 09/29/04
    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.
  • Day dawns for X Prize space shot

    09/29/2004 5:24:50 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 31 replies · 751+ views
    New Scientist ^ | September 29, 2004 | Maggie McKee
    A pioneering aviation company will attempt to rocket into space on Wednesday in a bid to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The prize will go to the first non-governmental vehicle that can ferry three people to a height of 100 kilometres twice within two weeks. Success in the second flight, currently scheduled for 4 October, would clinch the prize for the Scaled Composites team, based in Mojave, California. Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on the airport of the small desert town of Mojave, where the flight is scheduled for takeoff at 0647 PDT (1447 BST). A...
  • Date set for space prize attempt (SpaceShipOne GO for Wednesday, 6 am pst)

    09/28/2004 11:55:14 AM PDT · by theFIRMbss · 13 replies · 451+ views
    BBC ^ | 28 July, 2004 | BBC News
    Date set for space prize attempt The team behind the private spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, says it will attempt the Ansari X-Prize in two flights on 29 September and 4 October. The $10m (£5.7m) prize awards the first team to send a three-person craft over 100km, and repeat the feat in the same craft within two weeks. SpaceShipOne, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, became the first private manned craft to go to space in June. Another 25 teams across the world are competing for the prize. Possible third Although the fights have been scheduled, Rutan did not rule out the possibility...
  • Helping New Space Industry Lift Off

    09/27/2004 12:04:40 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 2 replies · 238+ views
    Washington Post ^ | September 27, 2004 | Mark Stencel
    Flying the first commercial test pilot into space three months ago was more than a feat of entrepreneurial engineering. SpaceShipOne's maiden flight just beyond the edge of the atmosphere also required a little bureaucratic ingenuity from Patricia Grace Smith and her staff at the Federal Aviation Administration. The privately financed rocket plane, which makes its second scheduled test flight to space Wednesday, flies under the regulatory wing of Smith's Office of Commercial Space Transportation. Since 1984, the office has been in charge of licensing dozens of U.S. commercial space launches. Until recently, all those launches involved the kind of expendable,...
  • SpaceShipOne chases $10 million - Rutan's rocket ready to go

    09/26/2004 9:30:57 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 11 replies · 546+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Sunday, September 26, 2004. | ALLISON GATLIN
    MOJAVE - A 21st-century space race is set to officially take off Wednesday with the first flight attempt by the Burt Rutan-designed spacecraft SpaceShipOne toward claiming the $10 million Ansari X-Prize. All eyes are on Mojave Airport as preparations are under way to play host to yet another gathering of tens of thousands of space enthusiasts, aviation buffs and the international media for the noteworthy flight. The SpaceShipOne team already claimed a historic first as the only privately funded manned space program to reach suborbital space with a successful June 21 flight to 328,000 feet. The feat made pilot Mike...
  • Pilots discuss SSO program at flight symposium

    09/19/2004 1:29:20 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 6 replies · 301+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Sunday, September 19, 2004. | ALLISON GATLIN
    LOS ANGELES - With breath-taking speed and in leaps and bounds, the first privately funded, manned space program achieved its program milestones of rocket-powered flight to 328,000 feet and a safe return, but not without coming up against unexpected problems. In the year since they last updated their peers on the innovative program, the members of the SpaceShipOne team successfully flew four rocket-powered flights in the unusual spacecraft, the last one reaching suborbital space and making pilot Mike Melvill the nation's first civilian commercial astronaut. Melvill and his fellow Scaled Composites pilots - and would-be astronauts - briefed members of...
  • SpaceShipOne, crew honored

    09/19/2004 1:17:12 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 7 replies · 502+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Sunday, September 19, 2004. | ALLISON GATLIN
    LOS ANGELES - The accolades continue to pile up for Mojave's own SpaceShipOne and the team that launched it into the history books. Designer Burt Rutan and test pilots Brian Binnie, Mike Melvill and Peter Siebold were honored by their peers Saturday night for their work on the pioneering space program, the first privately funded, manned space program to successfully reach and return from suborbital space. The Society of Experimental Test Pilots bestowed two of its most prestigious awards upon the SpaceShipOne crew during its annual fall symposium at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Rutan was awarded the...