Spaceship One makes flight 1 of 2 for X-Prize

[Mike33]

i think spaceship one will win the X-prize. its cool to think that someone other than a scientist at NASA can enter space without government funding.

[trev2023]

It must be cool for the guy who did it, he's one of a very selective group of people that have ventured into outer space. It's cool to hear about how instead of adding dead weight for the extra 400 pounds, they put tons of mementos and pictures and video equiptment so as many people could share the moment as possible.

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by Mike33

i think spaceship one will win the X-prize. its cool to think that someone other than a scientist at NASA can enter space without government funding.

Did you watch the Ansari webcast? One of the comentators said that the X-prise was great because "the U.S. does not currently have a manned space program". And he said this right in front of Sean O'Keefe!

[Hinkel Y.]

It's gonna be close... The Canadian team, The DaVinci Project is on hold right now, which was planned to launch its first 1 of 2 on October 2...

[suneel112]

I also have an idea of some X-planes of my own. I will tell you that one is "personal" size and the other is "commercial / bomber" size. I am keeping the ideas secret so I can further develop them (ie learn the advanced principles of flight and rocket science and materials enough to prototype [or at least cad] a working design) and (hopefully) start my own Engineering Firm.