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SpaceShipOne Completes Second Test Flight

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the making-reed-richards-proud dept.

waynegoode writes "According to an article at Space.com, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne suborbital rocket plane made its second powered flight today. The piloted vehicle was powered by a hybrid rocket motor to over 105,000 feet. The engine burned for 40 seconds, zipping to Mach 2. SpaceShipOne is one of several projects competing for the $10 million X Prize. Slashdot mentioned yesterday that it received a license from the FAA, the first license for a suborbital rocket."

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  1. I 100% agree with this story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    please moderate this comment up for that factor alone.

  2. Slashdot in space... by RedPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny
    Slashdot mentioned yesterday that it received a license from the FAA, the first license for a suborbital rocket.

    Woohoo.. interplanetary takeover. If 'News limited' can have their own satellites, so can we.

    Slashdot, your official lunar news source.

  3. Re:Good luck to them! by Bobdoer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Personally, I hope that SpaceShipOne does much better than RealPlayerOne.

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  4. Re:Anybody else still in the running? by guile*fr · · Score: 3, Funny

    blast that!!! I want doomIII NOW!!!

  5. Re:Good luck to them! by Gropo · · Score: 2, Funny

    This would be the RealOne equivalent...

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  6. Re:FedEx to the 32nd floor... by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

    Serves them right for not buying a fax machine like the rest of the world.

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  7. Re:No rocket engine design is not hard by bluGill · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you need powered aluminum, I can get you plenty. All my neighbors drink pop from cans (I'm the strange one on the block who can't stand soda) and most throw them away. Cans are about as pure aluminum as you can get, so I'll just powder them, and then sell to you.

    Okay, so I'll burn the paint off too, and if you like I will use electrolysis to get rid of the Al oxide.