XPrize is WON!
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DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Good sh!t... Did he roll this time? I'd be scared as sh!t if I rolled on accident at those speeds.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
I honestly didn't think this could be done, not by a private company. Congrats to Rutan & all involved -- this is truly an historic day in the history of flight.
SteveMeister
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Slo said:It's a great achievement, but I hope that the prize being off the table won't stunt the interest in private space flight. Is there an XPrize 2 for leaving orbit?
Xprize 2 should be for ACHIEVING orbit
Xprize 3 = docking with the ISS
Xprize 4 = moon landing, baby
of course all of those are orders of magnitude more difficult to achieve than simly reaching 62 miles in altitude, so I think those will be much, much further off, if they happen at all.
From CNN.COM
SpaceShipOne is gliding back to Earth after soaring toward the edge of space today. Pilot Brian Binnie reported a shaky flight with "a little roll" but did not experience the 29 rolls Mike Melvill experienced last week. CNN's Miles O'Brien reported that it's not yet clear whether the craft reached space, about 62 miles above Earth. If the trip is successful, SpaceShipOne qualifies for the $10 million X prize, created to spur privately funded space tourism.
The tension!!!!!
Ok here's the thing.... are these folks now going to launch a business where they actually take folks up for a few minutes? That would rock... too bad the prices are probably going to be RIDICULOUS.
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California (CNN) -- SpaceShipOne reached the 62-mile altitude considered to be "outer space" for the second time in a week to claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Congrats!
SpaceShipOne is gliding back to Earth after soaring toward the edge of space today. Pilot Brian Binnie reported a shaky flight with "a little roll" but did not experience the 29 rolls Mike Melvill experienced last week. CNN's Miles O'Brien reported that it's not yet clear whether the craft reached space, about 62 miles above Earth. If the trip is successful, SpaceShipOne qualifies for the $10 million X prize, created to spur privately funded space tourism.
The tension!!!!!
Ok here's the thing.... are these folks now going to launch a business where they actually take folks up for a few minutes? That would rock... too bad the prices are probably going to be RIDICULOUS.
EDIT:
California (CNN) -- SpaceShipOne reached the 62-mile altitude considered to be "outer space" for the second time in a week to claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Congrats!
V
Vennt
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DarienA said:
Yep, they're supposed to have teamed up with Virgin to offer such a service, at 150k per trip IIRC.
See: http://www.virgingalactic.com/
Phoenix
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Now that its shown to be 'doable', the other teams will now be competing to sell their technology to other companies trying to do the whole 'space tourism' thing. What Rutan has done is create a brand new industry - it may be 30 years to develop, but the biggest thing that has happened is that corporates know there is money to be made for reasonably small investments.
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
teiresias said:
lol awesome reference, I'd been thinking along the same lines
BigJonsson
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Haha
Took the words right outta my mouth
Took the words right outta my mouth
JoshuaJSlone
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I'm not sure if it's going by the X Prize name, and I'm not sure about all the details (news searches are getting so many results about today's happenings), but a few days back I heard of a new prize, which I believe is based on a 5 person craft going to orbit, as opposed to the prize just won based on a 3 person craft to sub-orbit.Slo said:It's a great achievement, but I hope that the prize being off the table won't stunt the interest in private space flight. Is there an XPrize 2 for leaving orbit?
ConfusingJazz
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Man, they should start making sweepstakes or a lottery or something for a free ride once in a couple years. That would probably make up the rest of the 10 million paul allen invested in this easily.
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