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Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 4:09:44 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 4:23:03 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 4:25:47 PM   
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Wish I could have gone to see it "in person".

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 4:27:53 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 4:35:00 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 5:32:57 PM   
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(Burt Rutan has had those sideburns forever!)

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 5:34:43 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 6:27:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bert has proved that some things that were thought to be impossible can be done if the right science is applied. Sort of like the so called aeronautical engineers of the early 40"s who determined that the very design of the bumblebee made it impossible for it to fly. Fortunately for the bee Lockheed engineers proved in the late 40's that the thing could fly. We can all learn if the proper techniques are applied.

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 6:34:51 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 7:17:12 PM   
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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 7:28:24 PM   
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anyone got pics of todays achievement?


and is flying to the edge of space cheating? arn't you supposed to go straight up and orbit about for a while

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 7:54:50 PM   
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and is flying to the edge of space cheating? arn't you supposed to go straight up and orbit about for a while



The guys who flew the X-15 earned their astronaut wings.

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 7:58:21 PM   
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ORIGINAL: phillybaby

i keep hearing about it "blasting" into space, but i thought it had a plane based look with a weird capsule in the middle.

anyone got pics of todays achievement?


and is flying to the edge of space cheating? arn't you supposed to go straight up and orbit about for a while


The "blasting" part was carried to about 55,000 ft before it "blasted".

It flew into space, that is called a sub-orbital space flight. If it goes around the Earth, then it is also in space, but orbiting.


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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 7:59:36 PM   
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200km short of Shuttle height.. it's a start

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 8:24:19 PM   
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200km short of Shuttle height.. it's a start


Well, with all due respect, NASA (or its predecessor) has about a 40 year head start on Burt Rutan. I'll lay odds that in 40 years, they get a bit further out into space.


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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 8:26:59 PM   
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so whos gonna make mars first?

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RE: Congratulations to Bert Rutan and crew.... - 6/21/2004 8:40:38 PM   
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