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The Rutan SpaceShipOne Revealed

Posted by michael on from the look-out-below dept.

smartalix writes "Burt Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, announced that they have been developing a commercial manned space program in secret for the past two years. The system consists of a carrier vehicle called the White Knight and a piggyback (actually underslung) orbital spaceplane called SpaceShipOne. My money is on this effort capturing the X Prize." Well, it's pretty, whatever it is. Space.com has a story with pictures for those of you who weren't quick enough to hit scaled.com before it melted.

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  1. boobs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cheesey boobs

  2. fp for science! by gpinzone · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My experiment was a success!

  3. Can I get the prize? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I launched a bolt into orbit when I turned on that old gas heater and it went boom.

  4. Re:Beam me up SCOTTY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why don't you just be honest, and say "First Post"?

  5. /.'ed by bigirondawg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow... already slashdotted. Anybody have the Google cache?

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  6. Re:Mirrors? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    cache? you mean those ads that said someone could tell where i have been going on my computer were true??!!

    i ... uh ... gotta go

  7. People, please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you are going to link to content like that at least have the courtesy to post "NSFW".

  8. Re:Whahhh? by TopShelf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's the old Pink Floyd song? "Point me at the Sky and Let It Fly..."

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  9. Lets Just Hope... by LordYUK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That the ship holds up under strain better than their webserver...

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  10. TEST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please ignore. THNX!

  11. In SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    spaceships launch YOU!

  12. My penis smells today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I forgot to wash it.

  13. TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just wanted to point out to everyone reading this that it's Good Friday today. Everyone should be in church right now, as opposed to reading Slashdot and looking at porn on their computers.

  14. What, no EZ jokes yet?? by Kevin+Burtch · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    C'mon people, this is an easy one (no pun intended).

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  15. Cross-site Scripting Vuln on Space.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really sweet too for getting at t3h c0mput4r l33t.

    Example:

    Check out this really cool image.

  16. The Audacity!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look this guy Burt Rutan is known to be in the Klan for years. And no one has questioned why he should call a space launcher "THE WHITE KNIGHT" Geezus Krist.