muddysmind.com: Wild ride to space... and back

September 29, 2004

Wild ride to space... and back

SpaceShipOne safely landed in California's Mojave Desert today, after a brief, wild ride to suborbital space. The craft rolled more than 30 times shortly after the rockets fired, but pilot Mike Melvill shut off the engines and kept going up. Radar showed the flight reached 358,000 feet -- well above the 62.5 miles needed for the $10 million X Prize.
Posted by Muddy at September 29, 2004 01:05 PM | TrackBack

Comments

I think that SpaceShipOne and the race to privatize space is exciting! As soon as the FAA and Congress promulgate policies to ensure the safety of commercial space flight, I look for it to become routine for business people or tourists to go from New York to Tokyo in a matter of moments.

For all the difficulties in our world, it's still an exciting time to be alive!

Posted by: Mark at September 29, 2004 03:17 PM

This is indeed very cool. However I'm not sure if I'll ever have the cash flow to do some space tourism myself. :-)

Posted by: muddy at September 29, 2004 07:14 PM