First Plane that goes to space!

http://www.comcast.net/News/DOMESTIC//XML/1501_Science/6faf8ef5-b45c-45d5-83e4-b2cf1ce61f94.html

Well, I didn’t see another thread on this, but Science has made another achievement today! (Plus the scientist is from local (in my case!)

Personal, i think this is really cool, and the fact that they did it under 10 million dollars is amazing. Reminds me of that semi-lame james bond movie “Moonraker” in a way

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/062104-2.htm

Now I am really saving all the money I ever make in my life to take a space trip someday when I’m old.

Great.

Now lets beat NASA to getting a man on mars.

Screw getting him back.

Its already been posted, but so recently I can’t say I blame you for this.

Mine is another link =p

<a href=“http://agora.rpgclassics.com/showthread.php?t=17565”>I have another link too! :D</a>

Ah, the wonders of the Merge Thread tool.

AUGH! o.O

I wonder what company or who financed it.

but it aint the last, can I get a whut whut

I think it was some guy from Dinuba. (Only 10 miles from where I live.)

I’d ask what Charle’s is, but I have a feeling I already know. >:\

Also yay for private enterprise! Shows what you could do if you a) put your money to it, b) get some decent engineers, and c) don’t have a huge beurocracy (sp?). :smiley:

Buh? why you mad at the pic?

No. I’m trying to figure out where I’ve seen it before without asking you. :smiley:

EDIT: Oh, you mean the >:\ Typo. It was meant to be :\

“This flight begins an exciting new era in space travel,” said Paul G. Allen, sole sponsor in the SpaceShipOne program.

Neat.
Do you think we will finally start getting those holidays into space and to the moon that they promised us five years ago? Because that would be cool.

Good thing that the present day Paul G. Allen has few ties to Microsoft. Else it would have crashed! *Nod, nod.

I wonder if it’s possible to launch a cardboard rocket into orbit.

Only if said cardboard rocket was inside a metal one.

And said metal one was inside a titanium one. :3