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XCor Receives Sub-Orbital Launch Permit

Posted by simoniker on from the spaced-out dept.

Marc Newman writes "MSNBC is reporting that XCor has received the second FAA suborbital launch permit. Xcor Aerospace is not competing in the X-Prize but rather is 'in it to make money'. They are still awaiting a launch permit for their Mojave desert launch site. It'd be interesting if XCor beat Scaled Composites with the first sub-orbital flight but couldn't claim the $10 million prize."

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  1. nice bluff by bwy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Nice bluff, XCor. In related news, I'm going to write some exotic foreign country tomorrow and ask for a tourist visa so I can show it off to chicks at the bar. Show them what a world traveler I am. No, my eyes aren't red from a 21" CRT. It's that I just got in from my last exotic trip. Sounds like kind of the same thing as requesting an FAA launch permit, no?

    Dick's brother Burt is going to beat him into space on this one. In SpaceShipOne no less! I'm sure that is going to burn a bit. Maybe Burt will offer Dick a ride. Honestly, compare a bunch of artist renderings and what looks like a prototype mock up vehicle vs. something that recently broke the sound barrier propelled by a firing rocket engine to over 100,000 feet.