spaceship one

anonymous coward wrote in message e...
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:14:25 -0700, ChuckSlusarczyk wrote:

In article , pacplyer says...

Yes, I believe you are correct Rich. Was listening to the 104.9 disk
jockey that was claiming this was the ten million dollar x-prize
attempt. But I believe you are correct on the plan. But if I was
Burt: I would have stuck in a couple of sand-filled mannequins and
claimed this was attempt #1 since it is so dangerous.

pac

If he did that he probably would not have made the altitude required. They
barely made it as it was due to a minor mechanical glitch.This flight proved the
systems and what adjustments must be made. JMHO

Has anybody made a guess as to how high spaceship 1 will be able to go
when it has passengers + a full rocket engine?

AC


I would think it is a matter of simply increasing the fuel load. The
burn was billed for 90 seconds, but they only got seventy some seconds
before burnout. Greater Burn time = higher Altitude. The designed
gross weight should be able to attain 62.5 miles. But ask Dr.
"A"-o.k. Evil ). He claims to have secret hardware on the
moon and mars! ;^D ROTFOL!

pacplyer