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December 3rd 04, 02:41 PM
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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:44:28 -0800, "gatt"
wrote: Stayed up late and watched all three hours of the SpaceShipOne documentary on Discovery last night. WOW!!! The imagery from within the craft during the flight knocked me over, and Rutan and company reinspired me. I told my wife that aviation produces heroes of the highest personal caliber and integrity, and we saw some of them last night. Tell me again what the point is in being lobbed into near space? Try as I might, I just cannot figure out how it helps explore space, or helps GA or mankind or anything. To me it just appears a technical stunt, the aviation/space equivalent of Evel Knieval jumping a bunch of cars on a motorcycle, only less dangerous. Oh yes I forgot, they won a 10 million dollar prize after spending 25 million on the project. And now they're soliciting money from us through EAA. Is that it? It's a money maker for Rutan? Corky Scott 
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