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CNN.com - Private craft flies into space - Jun 21, 2004
by k at 1:30 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2004

] Rocket plane SpaceShipOne reached an altitude above 62.5
] miles (100 km) during its brief flight Monday morning,
] making it the first privately built craft to fly in
] space, controllers said.

] Shortly after, the space vehicle landed safely at the
] same place from which it took off.

Welcome to the era of corporate space. Lets hope science fiction has properly prepared us.

[ Hear hear! -k]

RE: CNN.com - Private craft flies into space - Jun 21, 2004
by oaknet at 1:09 pm EDT, Jun 22, 2004

k wrote:
] ] Rocket plane SpaceShipOne reached an altitude above 62.5
] ] miles (100 km) during its brief flight Monday morning,
] ] making it the first privately built craft to fly in
] ] space, controllers said.
]
] ] Shortly after, the space vehicle landed safely at the
] ] same place from which it took off.
]
] Welcome to the era of corporate space. Lets hope science
] fiction has properly prepared us.
]
] [ Hear hear! -k]

Excellent stuff - but has anyone read any detailed reports on the control systems failure during the flight? I've read some press comments on this, and why it will delay the next flights, but I'd be interested to know more about what happened.

CNN.com - Private craft flies into space - Jun 21, 2004
by Rattle at 11:33 am EDT, Jun 21, 2004

] Rocket plane SpaceShipOne reached an altitude above 62.5
] miles (100 km) during its brief flight Monday morning,
] making it the first privately built craft to fly in
] space, controllers said.

] Shortly after, the space vehicle landed safely at the
] same place from which it took off.

Welcome to the era of corporate space. Lets hope science fiction has properly prepared us.

CNN.com - Private craft flies into space - Jun 21, 2004
by bucy at 12:58 pm EDT, Jun 21, 2004

] Rocket plane SpaceShipOne reached an altitude above 62.5
] miles (100 km) during its brief flight Monday morning,
] making it the first privately built craft to fly in
] space, controllers said.

Yay!

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