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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:Last year called... by RedWizzard · · Score: 5, Interesting
    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...
    What's worse is that the pictures are all just ripped off the Scaled Composites site's photo gallery. What is the point of this article exactly? Just to reward some guy for a bit of copyright infringement?
  2. No Good Pilot by Maxwell'sSilverLART · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...would dare take off without his trusty West Bend timer! (Picture at http://sd-mirror.dumitru.com/scaled/sso042a.sized. jpg)

    West Bend timers...IN SPACE!

    (Yes, I know that's actually White Knight's cockpit. Smile and nod.)

    --
    Moderate drunk! It's more fun that way!
  3. Spaceflight video, with floating M&Ms! by FleaPlus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As many of you know, the pilot of SpaceShipOne released a bunch of M&M's near the top of his historic spaceflight. Scaled just recently released video of the launch, which includes chase plane and in-cockpit views. The floating M&M's are near the end. It's incredibly cool to watch -- one of the M&M's flies right by the camera! This video doesn't have sound, as I believe the "full" version is licensed for an upcoming Discovery Channel special.

    I wonder if Mars, Inc. is going to try to license that video for a commercial.