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SpaceShipOne Back in Action

Posted by michael on from the extra-duct-tape-on-board dept.

JoeSilva writes "After a 3 month wait, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne is back in the skies above Mojave! Not only is it patched up from a failed landing gear, it's got a 'thermal protection system' installed. Looks like high temp insulation on the leading edges. Also they have a picture of it with 'the rocket motor for the flight 13p'. This was the 12th SpaceShipOne flight."

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  1. This should be really cool by ackthpt · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I'm probably camping in Death Valley this coming Thanksgiving and it would be pretty cool to swing past this site on the way and catch a flight or landing. Doesn't look like they publish when they're going to do things though.

    At least with my telescope I could spy on them 8^)

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:This should be really cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      YES!!! BurtRutanShowerCam.com, I've been waiting so long for this!!!

  2. In Canada... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I'm probably camping in Death Valley this coming Thanksgiving..."

    In Canada, we call it "Easter".
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  3. Re:This is not a troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "White Knight"?!!! Is Rutan some sort of white supremacist or what?!!!

    And what's up with that damn mural in his livingroom?!!! Does he think that Aryian aliens built the freakin' pyramids?!!!!