OT: Who needs NASA !
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3713119.stm

It even looks better than Shuttle !

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I peek out from behind my lurking bush "interesting, very interesting." I return to the land of lurk.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ May 14, 2004, 15:51: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

I read that article this morning on the Drudge site. That ship looks great; just wish there was a close-up shot of it. It made me think that would make for a great shipset.

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Maybe:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat_fi...y/slide07.html

or here:

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero...hotos_text.htm

[ May 14, 2004, 17:56: Message edited by: rdouglass ]

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

Thanks. Looks neater close up. And it would still make a good shipset.

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The window portals remind me of Charlie Brown's Halloween costume. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

Scaled Composites web site is cool too.

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero...Index/body.htm

Check it out! SpaceShipOne carried by White Knight.

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tiero..._car%20800.jpg

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

This is exciting to see. I have been reading books about colonizing space. The largest obstacle is the lack of heavy boost ability. I see the X-prize as a great step in that direction, as long as the feds stay out of the way.

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Exciting, but that ship looks a little floppy and fragile. I would request an ejection seat. As much as I admire Ruttan, I keep getting images of that really fragile airplane he went around the world in non stop a few years ago. What was that made of? Styrofoam?

Re: OT: Who needs NASA !
 

The only part that goes into space is the lower "Pod" the rest is just the launch platform, I think there was something about it on the Discovery Channel at one time