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SpaceShipOne Flight Test

Posted by michael on from the keep-parachute-handy dept.

Soft writes "Scaled Composites' entry for the X-Prize, the SpaceShipOne, has had a successful first (unpowered) flight test. The spacecraft was dropped from the White Knight carrier aircraft at 47,000 ft (14 km) and 105 kt (194 km/h, 120 mph) and touched down after a 1.1-hour glide at Mojave airport. Photos are available."

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  1. gratz, but... by curtlewis · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No way in hell you'd catch me hitchin a ride on such a flimsy lookin rig. I can just see the wings getting ripped off by turbulence.

    I wish them and all the contestants success, though.