Wow! (X-Prize Update)

Major kudos to Scaled Composites. Their X-Prize entry, SpaceShipOne (SS1) had a major powered flight test yesterday.

Appropriate this happened on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brother's first flight.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994499

Details:

First manned flight test of an x-prize entry.
First such craft to break the sound barrier, (Mach 1.2)
Altitude gained: Over 20 km, (20,700 m, or 68,000 ft)

Flight went well. Minor damage on landing due to a partial collapse of the landing gear.

Wow! (X-Prize Update)

Major kudos to Scaled Composites. Their X-Prize entry, SpaceShipOne (SS1) had a major powered flight test yesterday.

Appropriate this happened on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brother's first flight.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994499

Details:

First manned flight test of an x-prize entry.
First such craft to break the sound barrier, (Mach 1.2)
Altitude gained: Over 20 km, (20,700 m, or 68,000 ft)

Flight went well. Minor damage on landing due to a partial collapse of the landing gear.

(Snork!)

Blame selenite for showing me this, and possibly mollyringwraith for coming up with it in the first place.

Return of the King - Condensed Parody Version

(Snork!)

Blame selenite for showing me this, and possibly mollyringwraith for coming up with it in the first place.

Return of the King - Condensed Parody Version