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Flight Testing Of Burt Rutan's X Prize Entry

Posted by timothy on from the rutan-tootin' dept.

evenprime writes "The X Prize website is reporting that Burt Rutan's company Scaled Composites did some flight testing on their SpaceShipOne/White Knight launch platform on May 19, 2003. Next up: drop tests. There's also a nice write-up at the BBC website."

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  1. Armadillo's page recently updated too! by Lawmeister · · Score: 4, Interesting
    http://www.xprize.org/teams/armadillo.html


    Go JC go!

  2. Try it yourself by GrubInCan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    X-Plane v7.0beta has both aircraft (apparently Scaled Composites used it for their simulator)

  3. Big news, but no interest by knobmaker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe I'm just early here, but it astonishes me that no one has posted a comment, except for trolls and ACs.

    It's stuff like this that gives me hope that I'll live long enough to get a trip into space before I die. The government, as it usually does with everything it attempts, seems to have completely screwed up the exploration of space. It's been over 30 years since we sent a human being to another world, for heaven's sake.

    I'm writing in Rutan for President in 2004. At least he's actually built something other than a portfolio.

    1. Re:Big news, but no interest by isorox · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It's a sad fact that most slashdotters cry DARWIN at the first wound of anything thats slightly risky. They claim to want to progress in to space, but then when someone tries it, they just laugh. Perhaps its envy.