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Photos Of Rutan's X-Prize Entry

Posted by timothy on from the private-enterprise dept.

burdicda writes "I think you might be interest in what Burt Rutan has been up to, out there in the Mojave Desert. Take a look at these pictures."

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  1. Re:Servers dead already by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Informative

    it still works, sort of. stupid still, posting a link to a gallery site. INTO A SLIDESHOW on a gallery..

    nice pics anyways..

    http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ the official page has some stuff too like a video clip..

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  2. Last year called... by Hobbex · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did I just fall through a time-warp, or is something very wrong with this story?

    Who, exactly is wondering what Burt Rutan is up to? I mean, I realize that not everybody cares about spaceflight, but I promise that anybody who knows who Burt Rutan IS could hardly have missed the 2010 recent news stories about what he is up to. I guess unless they are a slashdot editor...

    Oh, but wait, there are pictures of his X-Prize entry. That is amazing!

  3. cool info by Nspace13 · · Score: 5, Informative

    wikipedia has a great entry on this.

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  4. Re:Anybody putting up a mirror??? by HybridJeff · · Score: 5, Informative
    I managed to get the first 17 or so pics. If anyone wants them go to http://random6.com/spaceshipone.

    I wonder how long it'll get to kill my host :)

  5. Bandwidth is fine by germinatoras · · Score: 4, Informative

    The photos download just fine once their "SlideShow" software finishes rendering the HTML page that has the pointer to it. I'd recommend skipping the slide show, and getting only the thumbnails - that way you can pick and choose what photos you're willing to wait 30-60 seconds for.

    http://www.rokits.org/gallery/x-prize

  6. Mirror by DDumitru · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirror

    Mirror of images, all one one page. 39 images. 3.2 Megabytes total.

  7. Re:Again, they're on the right track by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 4, Informative

    FedEx may be better than the USPS, but who came first?

    Private mail did. Check the history books.

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  8. Re:Spaceflight video, with floating M&Ms! by Goldenhawk · · Score: 4, Informative

    Really cool video.

    What's downright scary is two things.

    One, no military pilot in his right mind would deliberately FOD the cockpit - release Foreign Object Debris - even as small as an M&M - it's a surefire way to cause problems later. You'd be amazed at how little it takes to induce seriously Bad problems in an airplane cockpit. Even chocolate. Even three or four flights later, when that ONE M&M you didn't find post-flight just happens to melt or stick in an unfortunate spot.

    Two, watch the silhouette of the vehicle carefully during the external footage of the thrust phase. Boy, the thing is rocking back and forth badly. Serious controllability problems. Yeah, I know, we already heard all about that - but this video drives home just how nasty it was. I can distinctly see four roll oscillations greater than 90 degrees in just about five seconds. Ouch. Any pilot in a military jet would be reaching for the ejection handle right then. Interesting they didn't include the over-the-shoulder footage for THAT.

    Oh, and IAAAE (I AM an aerospace engineer) and DO happen to have experience working with both military pilots and jets.

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