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Marking the solstice the best way...

posted by [personal profile] sbisson at 05:22pm on 21/06/2004
...chasing the sun and stealing back some of Icarus' fallen glory...

Congratulations to the team at Scaled Composites, and to Paul Allen...
Mood:: 'pleased' pleased
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posted by [identity profile] nmg.livejournal.com at 09:41am on 21/06/2004

Bah. Getting above the atmosphere is the easy bit. Getting above the atmosphere with enough fuel to achieve orbit is much harder.

Today's acheivement puts us on a par with Alan Shepherd in 1961. I want to be on a par with John Glenn in 1962.

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posted by [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com at 10:13am on 21/06/2004
The important part is that this is a few guys and a few million dollars, not the entire US government. Shows that commercial space-travel can be made to work.
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posted by [identity profile] elimloth.livejournal.com at 10:16am on 21/06/2004
It is a good achievement for private enterprise, demonstrating a sleek looking vehicle can accomplish something that was done 40 years ago. I do think the space elevator and space faring zeppelin might end up achieving something more practical while advancing the state of the art.

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