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SpaceShipOne to Try for Space on Monday

Posted by michael on from the life-insurance-paid-up-i-hope dept.

CommanderData writes "The first piloted private space flight will occur Monday at 9:30AM ET. SpaceShipOne is planning to ascend to the 62 mile (100 Km) mark and return to land at its takeoff point over the course of 90 minutes. With only a pilot (unnamed at this time) on board this does not qualify as a run for the Ansari X-Prize. If the flight is successful they will likely try for the prize soon afterward..." An anonymous reader adds: "Scaled Composites also has this page about the event."

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  1. 3 persons!! by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 0, Troll

    The X-Prize what? mentions
    Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carry three people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles)

    How come they don't explicitly specify any weight?!?

    Not that the participants would like to cheat, but one can send 10 persons like me in spaceshipOne

    In Soviet India space ships launch you