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eslaine
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Yes! Private industry slips the bonds of gravity!

Linky!

[The Wave]
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Dagonee
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Excellent. I saw they were planning to go today and figured someone here would keep us updated. Were there 3 people in that or only one? Is the X-prize imminent?

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John Carmack's got some impressive VTOL stuff going on with his, but Rutan's design, unsurprisingly, looks to be the front runner...
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There was only one. This was the "test" flight. The next one will be weighted to account for two passengers.
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eslaine
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There was live coverage on my radio station this morning. (KFOG, SF) Sounded cool!

This totally rocks!
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mr_porteiro_head
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Actually, it didn't slip the bonds of gravity -- it just escaped the atmostphere. It didn't get fast enough even to orbit -- let alone escape the gravity well.

Still, [Cool]

[ June 21, 2004, 02:46 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
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Erik Slaine
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You are, of course, correct.

But the poetry....
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rivka
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So cool!
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Erik Slaine
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Wow. This seems to be very well received by the press! In a very positive manner too!

Does this mean that the people would like this direction to follow, or is it just that the news has been so bad lately?

Oh, well. I'll take it!
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