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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. how come all you geeks don't talk about by wtfu2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    the little company that built the engine for spaceship one? spdv.ob (spacedev). a couple weeks ago they got their biggest contract ever from the mda to build a bunch of satellites. one of them is supposed to have a laser??!! my buddy and i over beers were talking about how they will eventually combine the satellite laser technology with rfid and start zapping unprofitable demographics as a drag on the us economy (that is, if cigarettes haven't killed you already)