Space Ship One first powered flight!

www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered flight today.

68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
No injuries,minor damage.


Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!

In article ,
wrote:

www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket powered
flight today.

68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
No injuries,minor damage.


Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!


Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!

Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
months..

Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now

"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
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In article ,
wrote:

www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket
powered
flight today.

68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
No injuries,minor damage.


Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!


Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!

Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
months..

Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now

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?

James Taylor
www.AICompany.com

The "Pond Racer" comes to mind... but my utmost respect to Burt. He truly is
one of the greats, and I dare say, the best that's currently working in the
industry.

On 18 Dec 2003 03:44:19 GMT, (Harry Burns) wrote:

The "Pond Racer" comes to mind... but my utmost respect to Burt. He truly is
one of the greats, and I dare say, the best that's currently working in the
industry.

My information on the Pond Racer is that the aerodynamic design was
fine, it was to cooling system for the engines that didn't work. I
also understand that Rutan did not have a hand in the cooling system.
I could be wrong but the guy I talked with said that the cooling
system was simply inadaquate for the power being produced.

Corky Scott

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

:
:"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
: In article ,
: wrote:
:
: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket
owered
: flight today.
:
: 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
: Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
: No injuries,minor damage.
:
:
: Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!
:
:
: Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!
:
: Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
: months..
:
: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
:
: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.

From:

:
: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
:
: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.

If memory serves the X-prize involves flying 3 people into space and landing
safely then do it again within a week with the same vehicle.

Your examples don't do that.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

On 18 Dec 2003 10:01:35 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

:From:
:
::
:: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
::
::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.
:
:If memory serves the X-prize involves flying 3 people into space and landing
:safely then do it again within a week with the same vehicle.
:
:Your examples don't do that.

I was answering the question (included in the quoted section) "When
has he not hit a target he set out to?"

The planes I listed were some, but not all, of Rutan's failures, times
the he did not "hit a target."

For example, in the Solitare he set out to "hit a target" of a self
launched sailplane. It worked, in a way, but it was an awful
sailplane and only a couple were built. The Pond Racer was supposed
to compete with the unlimited racers at Reno. But it was never as
fast as the big iron, and it crashed, killing it's pilot. Again, it
didn't "hit a target."

I didn't think that any of them were attempts at the X prize.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 07:46:47 GMT, wrote:

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

:
: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.

Rutan has done what most are afraid of: He's tried and failed. And
then he's picked up, tried again, and failed. IMHO, given that he
does succeed every now and then, he deserves my respect.

Moller, on the other hand...


Jake Brodsky

"Never mind the Turing Test, what about the Turing Graduates?"

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

:
:"Chris Schmelzer" wrote in message
...
: In article ,
: wrote:
:
: www.space.com is reporting that Spaceship one flew it's first rocket
owered
: flight today.
:
: 68Kft and it broke the sound barrier.
: Minor incident on landing the left side gear colapsed.
: No injuries,minor damage.
:
:
: Good luck to the pioneers of the next century!
:
:
: Very cool--68k feet on a 15 second burn!
:
: Bet they will be doing their full suborbital flight within a couple of
: months..
:
: Can't see any other X-Prize team beating Rutan now
:
: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.

HAHA, I guess I stand a bit corected...but having said that, what was wrong
with the Proteus? I think it hit the hit the target exactly and the Pond
Racer had a cooling system malfunction....

I guess if we are going ot be honest with ourselves, he has done more to
advance private aviation than any other single person in the past twenty
years...looking at the thing she has achieved.

Along with triumphs, there will be failures, but the tradgic are the ones
that are never brought to fruition by those who dream but never do.


James Taylor
www.AICompany.com