space ship one makes the target

Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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That's not even close to being true.


No? Who were the others?

Andrew Gideon wrote in
online.com:

What type of flight plan is required? Composite (IFR through class A,
VFR above)? Does Center provide services at these altitudes, or does
one fall back on reporting points?

- Andrew


Was a TFR established around the launch site?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

Oh? So would you please differentiate/explain the direct and indirect
funding?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

Let's see now. The government takes my money and spends it directly on the
space program. That's pretty direct in my book.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
gy.com...
Let's see now. The government takes my money and spends it directly on
the
space program. That's pretty direct in my book.

You've got a long way to go before you've made trolling the art form that
Steven has. That said, you sure have gotten an impressive number of nibbles
already, I'll grant you that.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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Were the X-15 pilots classified as "astronauts"?


Those that achieved the requisite altitude were.

"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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Andrew Gideon wrote in
online.com:

What type of flight plan is required? Composite (IFR through class A,
VFR above)? Does Center provide services at these altitudes, or does
one fall back on reporting points?

- Andrew


Was a TFR established around the launch site?

Yup

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message ...
"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:
"JP" wrote in message
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We have a civilian astronaut.

yeeeehaaa!

Doesn't NASA have a bunch already? Weren't Neil Armstrong during Gemini
and
Apollo, and Harrison Schmidt on Apollo 14, civilians?


We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

I do believe that is wrong. Military personnel pay federal taxes, so
not every penny came from civilians.

"Ace Pilot" wrote in message
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:
"JP" wrote in message
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We have a civilian astronaut.

yeeeehaaa!

Doesn't NASA have a bunch already? Weren't Neil Armstrong during
Gemini
and
Apollo, and Harrison Schmidt on Apollo 14, civilians?


We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

I do believe that is wrong. Military personnel pay federal taxes, so
not every penny came from civilians.

And military pay comes from??????