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SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully
knothead99 writes "CNN is reporting the successful liftoff of SpaceShipOne from a runway in the Mojave desert. Around 10:30 EDT the craft will reach an altitude of 50,000 feet and they'll separate from White Knight and ignite the rocket for space entry. More information can also be found at the Mojave Airport website" Update: 06/21 15:36 GMT by S : An MSNBC story confirms that SpaceShipOne 'glided safely back to Earth, landing back at the Mojave Airport' around 8.15AM PST.
So... you're telling Slashdot to go to some page and keep hitting refresh?
Reckless, don't you think?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Around 10:30 EDT the craft will reach an altitude of 50,000 feet...
What's wrong with this picture?
Let's see 'em try to do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs!
Did Mike crank "Magic Carpet Ride" on his way up?
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
"5. ... The flight vehicle must return from both flights substantially intact, as defined by and in the sole judgment of the ANSARI X PRIZE Review Board, such that the vehicle is reusable."
"Uh, son? Seem's like y'all got a taillight t'aint workin'."
"Really officer? Which one?"
*BLAM!*
"That one, son. Y'all gonna hafta get this vee-hickle offa this heah runway. Heh heh heh..."
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
If you can read this sig - the bitch fell off.
Tier Two: ???
Tier Three: Profit!!!
Joking aside, I hope the design scales well.
A witty saying proves you are wittier than the next guy.
Why is it when I read articles about this all I can picture is an episode of monster garage where jesse james comes out and tells the contestents "okay this week you're going to turn a '91 honda civic into a sub-orbital spacecraft, and you have to make is safe 'cus I'm gonna fly it."
No! It was on the wing, tearing at it! I swear it was there!
Sorry but your knowledge of basic high school physics (first semester) is appalling (leads me to believe that you're a little young ).
Also space rockets only work inside the atmosphere, where there is air to push against. There was a special on Fox all about it.
It's not a matter of speed, it's a matter of velocity! If your speed is directed towards the earth, it won't help you much.
Daniel
Carpe Diem
Well, Alan Shepard was sitting in a spacesuit full of urine, does that count?
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than that of whether a submarine can swim" -EWD
Why, oh why isn't there a Moderate: Missed the Point -1 available?
I can't get over how many Slashdotters don't know the simple physics of satellite orbits.
Yeah, that bugs me too... I mean, come on people, it's not rocket science!
Hire a Linux system administrator, systems engineer,
Now that would be embarassing... "June 21: Went up to 100km. Saw black sky during day. First civilian to pilot in space. Would have gone higher, but accidentally turned off engine (nobody looking, still high enough). Heard loud noise on way back. Forgot to put down landing gear (11,000 people watching).
"June 22: Biked into tree (nobody looking). Space is easier; nothing to run into."
Um, that last "9" in your sig should be a "6".
All it takes is nukes and nerves.
Florida is a LONG glide from Russia for something that effectively drops like a brick.
Which reminds me of something I heard once about the Shuttle Atlantis.
"How would you like," the pithy quote goes, "to try to land a dead-stick glider on a tiny strip of land in the middle of the ocean when the vehicle you're riding in was named after something that disappeared beneath the ocean without a trace?"
I write in my journal
Yes, I'm fully aware, that's the whole point of the sig. You're only the second person to find it, though, so congratulations. :-)
Mod down posts with a "Free Mac Mini/iPod" sig, they're spam!