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Civilian Space Launch Imminent

Posted by timothy on from the when-can-we-honeymoon-on-the-moon dept.

rossjudson writes: "Looks like the Civilian Space Exploration Team has gotten clearance from the FAA and the Bureau of Land Management to attempt the first amateur flight into space. That's pretty cool. Maybe one of you space-mathematics types out there can educate us on just what 0-Mach 5 in 15 seconds really means! Is this thing gonna just blow up?"

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  1. Am I the only one by schotty · · Score: 0, Troll

    that thinks that this is more costly than its really worth? To me -- it looks like this is going to be an up and down job..... okay..... Cool, but there is alot of money involved. Wouldnt it be much more cost effective to do at least an orbit, and come down?

    Dont get me worng, alot more homework is involved, but still....

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