On Sat, 15 May 2004 00:12:59 +0000, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


"zatatime" wrote in message
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Yes it was.....


You're mistaken.


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["Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Somebody step on your tail? It really is going to be tough. If
Rutan were attempting something easy, it wouldn't be worth all
that attention, would it? What, are you trying to belittle his
accomplishments or what he is trying to do?


Just what is the point of the whole X-Prize competition anyway? I
understand the requirements, but why do it all? The Rutan Voyager
flight
wasn't particularly useful either, but it was something that hadn't been
done before.

Someone might have said the same thing to the Wrights.

The idea is to prove that privately financed space travel is both
feasible
and reasonable. No government has managed to do what Rutan and the
others
are attempting. The prize has the additional advantage of attracting
media
attention so that, once it has been won, public interest in space
tourism
will be generated.]

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If you're going to participate you need to learn to retain the
responses you receive in a thread. What is outlined above not only
demonstrates the significance of the X-Prize, but is also significant
in demonstrating that you should be PLONK'ed by everyone in this
forum!


You're new here. If you're going to participate positively in these
discussions you'll have to learn how to present a cogent argument. The
question was; "Why is civilian suborbital flight a significant milestone?"
Nothing in the material quoted above answers that question.



I volunteer to lead the way.


It doesn't appear you're capable of leading.

Shesh...already folks. He's a dumbass troll. Ignore him. Don't feed the
trolls!!!

Send him back to his bridge already!