SpaceShip One

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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I going, I already got my Prior Permission to land on Sunday 6/20 at
4pm.
Couldn't miss history being made so close to home.


History being made?

As much as I hate feeding this troll....
Yes, Mr. McNicoll, history. History in the fact that this, if
successful, will be the first flight into the realms of NASA defined 'outer
space' by a civilian organization not subsidized by any government funding.
It won't be the last. And it even might lead to advances in aviation to the
benefit of us all.
While you, in your purile attempts for attention, want to create
animus, there are those of us who cheer the effort.
Way back when, I used to enjoy reading your posts. Some of them were
informative. Now, you pick petty arguments and contribute very little to
this small sector of the aviation community.

PLONK!!!!!

Warmest regards,

Casey Wilson
Freelance Writer and Photographer

"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
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As much as I hate feeding this troll....
Yes, Mr. McNicoll, history. History in the fact that this, if
successful, will be the first flight into the realms of NASA defined
'outer
space' by a civilian organization not subsidized by any government
funding.


Swell, but why does that make it historically significant?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Casey Wilson" wrote in message
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As much as I hate feeding this troll....
Yes, Mr. McNicoll, history. History in the fact that this, if
successful, will be the first flight into the realms of NASA defined
'outer
space' by a civilian organization not subsidized by any government
funding.


Swell, but why does that make it historically significant?

Tell us, McNiacal, why is it not historically significant?

Why don't you just spit out what you're getting at?

--
Jim Fisher

"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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Tell us, McNiacal, why is it not historically significant?

Why don't you just spit out what you're getting at?


It's not historically significant because the feat has been accomplished
before. That it was previously done by the government is irrelevant.

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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Tell us, McNiacal, why is it not historically significant?

Why don't you just spit out what you're getting at?


It's not historically significant because the feat has been accomplished
before. That it was previously done by the government is irrelevant.

Now you really are trolling. Rutan & co are doing it with a fraction of
any goverment's resources, with a significantly different & new plane (&
tech), and hope to repeat the whole thing within 10 days (to win the
XPrize).

Brian.

"Brian Burger" wrote in message
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Now you really are trolling. Rutan & co are doing it with a fraction of
any goverment's resources, with a significantly different & new plane (&
tech), and hope to repeat the whole thing within 10 days (to win the
XPrize).


That's swell, but they're not developing any new technology or capability.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


...they're not developing any new technology or capability.

How to explain then that they are the only ones (assuming success) that will
have done it?

Others could certainly have sailed to the new world (and probably did) using
Columbus' technology -- strange that they don't get much credit for it.

Perhaps hardware isn't the whole story, eh, when it comes to assessing capability?



Jack

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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Tell us, McNiacal, why is it not historically significant?

Why don't you just spit out what you're getting at?


It's not historically significant because the feat has been accomplished
before. That it was previously done by the government is irrelevant.

To you, perhaps. Not to the rest of us thinking individuals who've been
around since before the Apollo days. We recall that the first manned
mission outside the earth's atmosphere required a literal army of the best
minds in the world. It required the invention of enormously powerful
computers (with up to 16kb of RAM!) that could actually fit into a
suitcase-sized compartment. Only men with the "right stuff" as well as an
entire country behind them could participate.

Now? A few engineer-types in a warehouse out in the dessert are seriously
contemplating doing what, to me, still seems impossible . . . And may still
prove to be.

I'd call that "historic" but then, I'm not an idiot.

--
Jim Fisher

"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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To you, perhaps. Not to the rest of us thinking individuals who've been
around since before the Apollo days. We recall that the first manned
mission outside the earth's atmosphere required a literal army of the best
minds in the world.


Well, the best minds in the USSR anyway.



It required the invention of enormously powerful
computers (with up to 16kb of RAM!) that could actually fit into a
suitcase-sized compartment.


Interesting. Can you tell us more about Soviet computer technology of that
era?



Only men with the "right stuff" as well as an
entire country behind them could participate.

Now? A few engineer-types in a warehouse out in the dessert are seriously
contemplating doing what, to me, still seems impossible . . . And may
still prove to be.


Impossible? How can you consider it impossible if it's already been done?

Those that are doing it today are using the knowledge that was gained by the
pioneering efforts over forty years ago.



I'd call that "historic" but then, I'm not an idiot.


Yes you are.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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To you, perhaps. Not to the rest of us thinking individuals who've been
around since before the Apollo days. We recall that the first manned
mission outside the earth's atmosphere required a literal army of the
best
minds in the world.


Well, the best minds in the USSR anyway.

And your point is what? That you know that the first man in space was a
Ruskie? I am truly impressed, McNiacle! Why, I bet you can even name the
first man on the moon if it weren't for the fact that the whole moon thing
was fake, huh?

It required the invention of enormously powerful
computers (with up to 16kb of RAM!) that could actually fit into a
suitcase-sized compartment.


Interesting. Can you tell us more about Soviet computer technology of
that
era?

Umm, no I can't. Don't know a damn thing about 'em. I suppose that at the
time the first Ruskie went up There, "computers" on the ship were no more
than whiz-wheels or slide rules.

You point is?

Only men with the "right stuff" as well as an
entire country behind them could participate.

Now? A few engineer-types in a warehouse out in the dessert are
seriously
contemplating doing what, to me, still seems impossible . . . And may
still prove to be.


Impossible? How can you consider it impossible if it's already been done?

"Seems impossible," igit.

Those that are doing it today are using the knowledge that was gained by
the
pioneering efforts over forty years ago.

Really?

--
Jim Fisher