Cannikin
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:02 AM
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SpaceShipOne to launch (or take off??) in 30 minutes! (9:30 est) |
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Edited on Mon Jun-21-04 08:06 AM by Cannikin
MSNBC and NASA tv will be covering live...not sure about anyone else. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5236958/
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muriel_volestrangler
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:36 AM
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1. I get an old NASA eduction video at those 2 |
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Edited on Mon Jun-21-04 08:39 AM by muriel_volestrangler
but there's a link working for me (in the UK) at http://news.bbc.co.uk(on edit: corrected URL)
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LibLabUK
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:52 AM
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The first stage took off.... I guess in about an hour they'll fire up the rocket at 50,000ft and the commercialisation of space will have begun.
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enki23
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Tue Jun-22-04 12:47 PM
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3. i think that began a long time ago |
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the only difference here, really, is that there's a human on board.
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Lost147
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Tue Jun-22-04 11:35 PM
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Thats awsome this is the first step to commericalization of space. I guess thats the governments plan in action though. Spark the interest in space with a program and then let the efficent private organizations invest time and energy into developing real space technology
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JoeyBandit
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Thu Jun-24-04 06:56 PM
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I think that's how it's got to be. This isn't the 60's when we were in the middle of a space race. NASA doesn't get blank checks anymore. The only way we're going to move beyond our orbit is to have private investors like Paul Allen foot the bill.
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