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Ansari X Prize won seconds ago???
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Ansari X Prize won seconds ago???
The official numbers are still coming in, but it looks as if Burt Rutan and his team at Scaled Composites have pulled off the requirements to win the $10,000,000 X prize - putting private industry, and hopefully soon, the public into space!!!
History in the making!
History in the making!
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Yeah, when will we EVER have time travel? I have LOT"S of mistakes to cover up, I mean correct.Walden wrote:Space? I want one of them flying cars with the flux capacitor!
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Re: Ansari X Prize won seconds ago???
Can I nominate some members of the public I'd like to put into space first?Brian Lee wrote:The official numbers are still coming in, but it looks as if Burt Rutan and his team at Scaled Composites have pulled off the requirements to win the $10,000,000 X prize - putting private industry, and hopefully soon, the public into space!!!
History in the making!
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Re: Ansari X Prize won seconds ago???
Round-trip or one-way? That would be two very different lists...Bloomfield wrote:Can I nominate some members of the public I'd like to put into space first?
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NorCal: you can check this link. The energy requirements, however, are formidable.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=booksNorCalMusician wrote:Yeah, when will we EVER have time travel? I have LOT"S of mistakes to cover up, I mean correct.Walden wrote:Space? I want one of them flying cars with the flux capacitor!
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emmline wrote:NorCal: you can check this link. The energy requirements, however, are formidable.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=booksNorCalMusician wrote:Yeah, when will we EVER have time travel? I have LOT"S of mistakes to cover up, I mean correct.Walden wrote:Space? I want one of them flying cars with the flux capacitor!
Man, what fun is that. You can get to the future, but not get back to tell anyone.... That is unless you went far enough that the technology was developed.... nah, now is screwed up enough for me.All that's needed to travel to the future, noted theoretical physicist Davies asserts, is a little help from gravity and a spaceship that can reach speeds just under the speed of light. Traveling to the past is a trickier task, however
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Congratulations to these guys, their hard work has paid off and Mr. Rutan was able to prove to a doubt bunch at NASA, Boeing and Lockheed that his vision would indeed work.
Also, these small companies have been able to do things a whole lot cheap and safer than the government stuff. This summer, another record was broken by a group of Amatuer Radio Operators and Amatuer Rocketry people. They put a satellite into a short term orbit for less than $200,000 all voluntary.
Also, these small companies have been able to do things a whole lot cheap and safer than the government stuff. This summer, another record was broken by a group of Amatuer Radio Operators and Amatuer Rocketry people. They put a satellite into a short term orbit for less than $200,000 all voluntary.
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I knew a guy who once got to use the urinal in a restroom right after Burt Rutan. A brush with greatness? Maybe flush with greatness.
Anyhoo, congrats to those folks. They worked very hard. IMHO, the coolness of Spaceship One is overshadowed by the White Knight carrier aircraft....what an awesome looking machine!
Cheers,
Eric
Anyhoo, congrats to those folks. They worked very hard. IMHO, the coolness of Spaceship One is overshadowed by the White Knight carrier aircraft....what an awesome looking machine!
Cheers,
Eric