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FAA Grants Sub-Orbital License to SpaceShipOne

Posted by simoniker on from the mote-in-moon's-eye dept.

abucior writes "The FAA announced today that Scaled Composites has been granted a launch licence for a series of sub-orbital flights over a one-year period for Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne. Is X Prize finally entering the end-game? Space.com has more information on the move."

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  1. Re:eek by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    demonstrate adequate financial responsibility to cover any potential losses

    Can you imagine the call to the insurance company to get a policy? I don't think "saving a bundle" is one of the options.

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  2. Re:License Requirements by Lazyhound · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have to be able to sing "Rocket Man" from memory.

  3. Vanity plates? by falken0905 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gee, i wonder if the FAA issues 'vanity plates'? I also wonder if the license plate will be made of low-drag material. Do they have to display inspection stickers on the windshield? So many questions come to mind. Ponderous.

  4. Re:Throwing stuff into space ... legally. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Keep the rocket, launch the lawyers.

  5. Bush doesn't want us on the moon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bush doesn't want us on the moon. Why? Think of the evening news stories: "Today, Apollo 59 landed on the moon again, costing taxpayers $155 trillion dollars, drilled some tiny holes in rocks, took several pictures, discovered NO WEAPONS of mass distruction and found 6 more votes for Al Gore."

  6. Deja vu all over again... by jemenake · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is X Prize finally entering the end-game?
    Well, seeing as how we're also trying to recruit people who talk like chimps, the "payload" is being taken care of as we speak.

    Of course, the American chimp-speakers will undoubtedly demand too high of a salary, so they'll probably just teach someone from an Indian call center how to speak chimp as well as they speak English and save a bundle.