On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:33:37 GMT, "James"
wrote:

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:"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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: In article ,
: wrote:
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: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket
owered
: flight today.
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: 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
: Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
: No injuries,minor damage.
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: Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!
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: Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!
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: Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
: months..
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: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
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:I would be very surprised if anyone beat Burt and his bunch to the punch.
:When has he not hit a target he set out to?
:
Grizzley
Solitare
Visionair Vantage
V-jet
Proteus
Starship
Ares
Triumph jet
Pond Racer
NGT/T46
Lotus Microlight
CM-144
AD-1 skew wing

Other than those, he's done very well.