Wow! (X-Prize Update)
Dec. 18th, 2003 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundMajor 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.
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.
