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BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Pow
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Spaceflight Participant  
Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:57 am
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 BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Pow Posted on: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:49 pm |
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Moon Mission Member  
Joined: Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:46 pm
Posts: 1212 Location: Kapellen, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe, Planet Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy
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Posted on: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:32 pm The news was already on the forum before space.com reported it
http://www.xprize.com/messageboard/view ... 0&start=30 _________________ Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin, 1892 |
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Launch Director 
Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:31 pm
Posts: 18 Location: UK
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Posted on: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:54 am Spaceshipone Test Flight details are up - go get 'em!!
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/index.htm http://www.xprize.org/press/release_052.html Spaceshipone exceeded 105,000ft!!!  _________________ We're going back... www.transorbital.net/ | www.lunacorp.com | www.asi.org | www.space-frontier.org |
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Space Station Commander  
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:22 pm
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Posted on: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:22 pm
:drool: _________________ Cornell 2010- Applied and Engineering Physics Software Developer Also, check out my fractals |
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Launch Director
Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:31 pm
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Posted on: Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:47 pm The current photos look good, but I really wanna see what it looked like onboard/cockpit at 105,000ft +
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Space Walker  
Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2004 9:42 am
Posts: 191 Location: Cider country, England.
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Posted on: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:17 am Okay, I may be biased toward Starchaser but that is a beautiful ship you Americans have built yourselves. Go for it.
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Space Station Commander
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Posted on: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:04 pm Dreada wrote: The current photos look good, but I really wanna see what it looked like onboard/cockpit at 105,000ft + da, comrade, they need to put some of those pics up, and preferably a video or 2 of the boost as well. _________________ Cornell 2010- Applied and Engineering Physics Software Developer Also, check out my fractals |
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Launch Director
Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2003 4:31 pm
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Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:24 am 105,000ft apogee photos are up!!! Absolutely stunning!!
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ ... s_text.htm Although the shots are wide-angle, it looks like they are in space already. I wonder how much atmosphere there is at such an altitude and what it would feel like in the cockpit? _________________ We're going back... www.transorbital.net/ | www.lunacorp.com | www.asi.org | www.space-frontier.org |
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Moderator 
Joined: Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:01 am
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Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:53 am Not enough apt, to support a plane, barely enough to support a ballon.
I think it all goes black at 80K ft. Nice shots though. _________________ What goes up better doggone well stay up! - Morgan Gravitronics, Company Slogan. |
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Still atmosphere at 100.000 feet Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:04 pm 100,000 feet is about Mars equivalent.
The balloon altitude record is about 170,000 feet. An X-15 could maintain horizontal aerodynamic flight at 100,000 feet. |
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Spaceflight Trainee 
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2003 5:34 pm
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Beautiful pictures Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:26 pm I hope they provide the entire video of their actual x-prize flights (when the time comes).
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Dyna-Soar Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 2:07 pm The various alloys and coatings that were so exotic when the Dyna-Soar airframe was developed forty years ago are now commerically available. It might be possible to build an orbital version of SpaceShipOne using those same alloys and coatings.
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Space Station Commander
Joined: Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:22 pm
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Re: Beautiful pictures Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:29 pm Lepton wrote: I hope they provide the entire video of their actual x-prize flights (when the time comes). the xprize website says it will provide webcam footage of the flight attempts. Dreada wrote: 105,000ft apogee photos are up!!! Absolutely stunning!! Although the shots are wide-angle, it looks like they are in space already. I wonder how much atmosphere there is at such an altitude and what it would feel like in the cockpit? yes, that pic is :drool: worthy indeed. At that height they are starting to get up there in the mesosphere, so there's basically no atmosphere. the cabin still probably feels close to what an airliner's does, albeit a zero-g airliner. _________________ Cornell 2010- Applied and Engineering Physics Software Developer Also, check out my fractals |
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Moderator
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Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:38 pm See, what do I know?
Who wants webcam footage? They need to be taking 3 CCD HD cameras on each flight. Web footage is ah ew... _________________ What goes up better doggone well stay up! - Morgan Gravitronics, Company Slogan. |
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Space Station Commander
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Posted on: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:49 pm idiom wrote: See, what do I know? Who wants webcam footage? They need to be taking 3 CCD HD cameras on each flight. Web footage is ah ew... haha, true. i want both really. one to watch as it happens and one on tv/to download later. _________________ Cornell 2010- Applied and Engineering Physics Software Developer Also, check out my fractals |
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