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  • FAA licenses California company's private manned rocket

    04/07/2004 6:10:59 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 11 replies · 167+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 4/7/04 | Leslie Miller - AP
    <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The government announced Wednesday that it has issued the first license for a manned suborbital rocket, a step toward opening space flight to private individuals for the first time. The Federal Aviation Administration gave a one-year license to Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., headed by Burt Rutan. He is best known for designing the Voyager airplane that made the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in 1986.</p>