Space Ship One Woohoooooooooo!
Monday, June 21, 2004 by _footsie_ | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
They did it!!!!! 
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KarmaGirl
Reply #3 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:53 AM
Reply #3 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:53 AM
_footsie_
Reply #4 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:57 AM
Reply #4 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:57 AM
I assume from the lukewarm responses that the flight of civilian spacecraft SpaceShipOne's manned flight into space wasn't as appreciated by others as much as by myself. 
No matter! This obviously 'mundane to some' event is opening the door to a brand new era in space flight and an advent to adventures and discoveries heretofore only held viable within the government.
A new freedom!!!!! A newly created freedom!
Dang!
Don't you get it? This is a milestone in the history books!!!!
I understand lots of things are more immediately important here on Earth....but.......but.......
I think it's awesome!!!!
No matter! This obviously 'mundane to some' event is opening the door to a brand new era in space flight and an advent to adventures and discoveries heretofore only held viable within the government. A new freedom!!!!! A newly created freedom!
Dang!
Don't you get it? This is a milestone in the history books!!!!
I understand lots of things are more immediately important here on Earth....but.......but.......
I think it's awesome!!!!
_footsie_
Reply #5 Monday, June 21, 2004 11:03 AM
Reply #5 Monday, June 21, 2004 11:03 AM
Karma Girl..........I salute you!!!! Oh yeah!! 
The possibilities are unprecedented!!!!
The possibilities are unprecedented!!!!
Aleatoric
Reply #7 Monday, June 21, 2004 12:18 PM
Reply #7 Monday, June 21, 2004 12:18 PM
Oh yes, this is definitely an excellent event.
Private spaceflight is *definitely* a good goal. They're almost certainly going to do a much better job of it than the government.
Private spaceflight is *definitely* a good goal. They're almost certainly going to do a much better job of it than the government.
PixelCargo
Reply #8 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:04 PM
Reply #8 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:04 PM
All they need now is warp drive and new uniforms and then we will be going in the right direction.
Watson
Reply #9 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:07 PM
Reply #9 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:07 PM
Well I just read the article, seems that microsoft is involved is this correct, I saw info on Paul Allen, please don't tell me microsoft wants to dominate space now...? 
NightTrainthedark
Reply #10 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:15 PM
Reply #10 Monday, June 21, 2004 2:15 PM
I think it was China that had promised to have a casino in space by the year 2006. Now I know how we are gonna get there.
Aleatoric
Reply #11 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:02 PM
No red shirts, please!
DWatson,
Paul Allen is indeed a major investor, but I don't really think that's going to be a cause for concern. While he made his money at Microsoft, it doesn't look like he's doing this *for* Microsoft.
Commercial spaceflight isn't likely to be limited to one player (there's quite a few in contest for the X-Prize). The likely first applications of commercial spaceflight will be orbital launches, probably mostly satelites and such, and that probably not for at least a few years. There will most likely be some competition in the field.
This link goes to a little opinion piece that gives a good point of view why this flight is so important.
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/006256.html
Reply #11 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:02 PM
| All they need now is warp drive and new uniforms and then we will be going in the right direction. |
No red shirts, please!
DWatson,
Paul Allen is indeed a major investor, but I don't really think that's going to be a cause for concern. While he made his money at Microsoft, it doesn't look like he's doing this *for* Microsoft.
Commercial spaceflight isn't likely to be limited to one player (there's quite a few in contest for the X-Prize). The likely first applications of commercial spaceflight will be orbital launches, probably mostly satelites and such, and that probably not for at least a few years. There will most likely be some competition in the field.
This link goes to a little opinion piece that gives a good point of view why this flight is so important.
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/006256.html
bordfryr
Reply #12 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:05 PM
Reply #12 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:05 PM
Without government intervention, the possibilities are endless. Also more likely to succeed.
DesignCaddy
Reply #14 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:55 PM
Reply #14 Monday, June 21, 2004 3:55 PM
paul allen made his bucks co-founding microsoft with gates.. he's got a lot of money, but his interest in this, as in other things, is purely.. educational, you could say? he's been involved in some other experimental stuff, not related to computers.. his role in this is non-microsoft.
i'd say this endeavor is a step in a good direction, but there is no cause for excitement, yet.. unless you're a millionaire with money to blow. the common man won't be able to afford a flight on this thing for some time.
however from a technology point of view, it is hudge. it was recently recommended to NASA to outsource some of it's goals, and collaborate with outside companies to begin meeting expectations for bush's 'trip to mars'. they simply havn't been able to do everything on their own, and - as seen here - an outside company has finally created a re-usable ship. the russians don't even have that. such a step, in conjunction with the amazing work NASA has done in space experiements and their ability to 'air traffic control' stuff in space, is going to start translating into a lot of new technologies. they simply have to WANT to work with others.
i'd say this endeavor is a step in a good direction, but there is no cause for excitement, yet.. unless you're a millionaire with money to blow. the common man won't be able to afford a flight on this thing for some time.
however from a technology point of view, it is hudge. it was recently recommended to NASA to outsource some of it's goals, and collaborate with outside companies to begin meeting expectations for bush's 'trip to mars'. they simply havn't been able to do everything on their own, and - as seen here - an outside company has finally created a re-usable ship. the russians don't even have that. such a step, in conjunction with the amazing work NASA has done in space experiements and their ability to 'air traffic control' stuff in space, is going to start translating into a lot of new technologies. they simply have to WANT to work with others.
MikeB314
Reply #15 Monday, June 21, 2004 6:04 PM
Reply #15 Monday, June 21, 2004 6:04 PM
I'm excited about. Mass media coverage was brief, but if you visit the right news sources (http://www.space.com), they've given it the attention it deserves since the beginning of the project. It's definately a significant event in the history of spaceflight. I watched it all on MSNBC's live video stream.
Evorg
Reply #17 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:11 PM
Reply #17 Monday, June 21, 2004 10:11 PM
Mojave Desert, 20 million, and a South African pilot,
See what happens when you throw 20 million dollars at a group of middle aged men going through a mid-life crisis.
Burt Rutan also has plans to do an orbital sortie. It’s in the planning stage now, he calls it 386. His company did make the aeroshell for the Delta Clipper. Umm I wonder…
Paul Allen did start a company at the airfield called Mojave Aerospace, he gets to use technology used on the SpaceShipOne, while Rutan retains the intellectual property.
Kind of makes you think what these big aerospace companies like Lockheed would have charged NASA to do the same thing as SpaceShipOne? 200 million maybe?
My hats off to Scaled Composites, a terrific feat that I hope will open doors for other small companies in the same business, like Xcor. A great accomplishment!!
See what happens when you throw 20 million dollars at a group of middle aged men going through a mid-life crisis.
Burt Rutan also has plans to do an orbital sortie. It’s in the planning stage now, he calls it 386. His company did make the aeroshell for the Delta Clipper. Umm I wonder…
Paul Allen did start a company at the airfield called Mojave Aerospace, he gets to use technology used on the SpaceShipOne, while Rutan retains the intellectual property.
Kind of makes you think what these big aerospace companies like Lockheed would have charged NASA to do the same thing as SpaceShipOne? 200 million maybe?
My hats off to Scaled Composites, a terrific feat that I hope will open doors for other small companies in the same business, like Xcor. A great accomplishment!!
XX
Reply #18 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:43 AM
Unless it's not a uniform.
I have paid lot of attention to this. Asteroids mining won't be too far in the future, and with that, there will be much more resources around.
Reply #18 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:43 AM
| No red shirts, please! |
Unless it's not a uniform.
I have paid lot of attention to this. Asteroids mining won't be too far in the future, and with that, there will be much more resources around.
PixelCargo
Reply #19 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:09 AM
Reply #19 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:09 AM
hehe asteroid mining, cool.
I hope they make the ships look cool, not just with the glossy white fragile look.
I hope they make the ships look cool, not just with the glossy white fragile look.
paxx
Reply #20 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:32 AM
Reply #20 Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:32 AM
Hum... I'm not so excited about this, actually.
I thought that only governements could go in space? Isn't there sort of a law or someything about that?
I am NOT looking forward to that day when any idiot can go put his trash into orbit around the earth. I've heard that it's already starting to be a mess out there...
Really, I'm fine with having only the governement going into space...
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