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Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne

Posted by timothy on from the good-luck-up-there dept.

ansimon writes "Mike Melvill is chosen to fly SpaceShipOne to the outer limits of this rock that we call earth. Mike will be the first to earn his astronaut wings with a privately-developed aeroplane/rocket. A new era of space exploration is about to begin! Godspeed and come back safe, so the rest of us can go too..."

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  1. Anyone else wondering? by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 1, Troll

    If this guys name will really be that memory inducing? I mean, sure, he's the first commercial astrona....pilot to touch the edge of space, okay... I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a GREAT achievement, but does the mass of sheeple around the globe think the same?

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  2. Let me be the first to say... by ylikone · · Score: 0, Troll

    RIP Mike.

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  3. Re:To save everyone some time tomorrow ... by tono · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or maybe you missed my obvious Star Trek reference

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  4. OMFG! I'm so excited! by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Troll

    We're pushing the bounds of the possible! Daring the unknown! Challeng- uh, no... wait... it's not 1963 and we've kind of been over this before.

    Wake me up when they get into orbit, k?

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