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Old September 30th, 2004, 12:37 AM

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Default Re: SpaceShipOne made it!

Yes, good news but not nearly such a big deal as some people are making it out to be. This is a sub orbital flight. A true orbital mission needs to build up something like ten times the speed (= energy) of this flight. And then be able to bleed it off when returning! We're still a very long way from commercial manned space flight without government help.
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