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IKV Nemesis D7L

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FAA Issues License for Historic Sub-Orbital Manned Rocket Launch

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department
of Transportation today announced it
has issued the world?s first license
for a sub-orbital manned rocket
flight.

The license was issued April 1 by the
Federal Aviation Administration?s
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation to Scaled Composites of
Mojave, Calif., headed by aviation
record-holder Burt Rutan, for a
sequence of sub-orbital flights
spanning a one-year period.


 

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There are two Canadian teams (The Canadian Arrow and da Vinci), but I think that Spaceship One has the most potential.   So I rather hope that Rutan is first.  Neither the Arrow or da Vinci have the potential (that I am aware of) to scale up to a real reusable orbital vehicle, Spaceship One does.  

Think that they might try for July 4th to launch for real?  

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The thing about small efforts like this is they can indeed perform schedule magic like that by working as hard and fast as they can.

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Spaceship One granted license for sub-orbital manned flight for one year.
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2004, 08:42:18 pm »
Quote:

FAA Issues License for Historic Sub-Orbital Manned Rocket Launch

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department
of Transportation today announced it
has issued the world?s first license
for a sub-orbital manned rocket
flight.

The license was issued April 1 by the
Federal Aviation Administration?s
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation to Scaled Composites of
Mojave, Calif., headed by aviation
record-holder Burt Rutan, for a
sequence of sub-orbital flights
spanning a one-year period.


 

Stormbringer

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cool!

IKV Nemesis D7L

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cool!  




There are two Canadian teams (The Canadian Arrow and da Vinci), but I think that Spaceship One has the most potential.   So I rather hope that Rutan is first.  Neither the Arrow or da Vinci have the potential (that I am aware of) to scale up to a real reusable orbital vehicle, Spaceship One does.  

Think that they might try for July 4th to launch for real?  

Stormbringer

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The thing about small efforts like this is they can indeed perform schedule magic like that by working as hard and fast as they can.

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Spaceship One granted license for sub-orbital manned flight for one year.
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2004, 08:42:18 pm »
Quote:

FAA Issues License for Historic Sub-Orbital Manned Rocket Launch

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department
of Transportation today announced it
has issued the world?s first license
for a sub-orbital manned rocket
flight.

The license was issued April 1 by the
Federal Aviation Administration?s
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation to Scaled Composites of
Mojave, Calif., headed by aviation
record-holder Burt Rutan, for a
sequence of sub-orbital flights
spanning a one-year period.


 

Stormbringer

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cool!

IKV Nemesis D7L

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Quote:

cool!  




There are two Canadian teams (The Canadian Arrow and da Vinci), but I think that Spaceship One has the most potential.   So I rather hope that Rutan is first.  Neither the Arrow or da Vinci have the potential (that I am aware of) to scale up to a real reusable orbital vehicle, Spaceship One does.  

Think that they might try for July 4th to launch for real?  

Stormbringer

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The thing about small efforts like this is they can indeed perform schedule magic like that by working as hard and fast as they can.