Flight Testing Of Burt Rutan's X Prize Entry 180
evenprime writes "The X Prize website is reporting that
Burt Rutan's company Scaled Composites did some
flight testing on their SpaceShipOne/White Knight launch platform on May 19, 2003. Next up:
drop tests. There's also a nice
write-up at the BBC website."
The profit is not in underpants. (Score:4, Funny)
2. Maybe win $10,000,000US X-Prize
3. ???
4. Profit!
Re:The profit is not in underpants. (Score:3, Funny)
Just Ducky! (Score:4, Funny)
Seriously... you go, Burt - and all the other X-Prize teams, too.
On behalf of all of us cubicle-bound geeks looking at the stars, may you all show NASA what teams of dedicated engineers can do if given an environment in which... well, an environment in which dedicated engineers can do what dedicated engineers have always done in such an environment.
Re:Armadillo's page recently updated too! (Score:5, Funny)
Am I the only one who wouldn't ride in the black armadillo because of this section:
So let me get this straight. You're going to fire this thing into space and then it's going to land and crush like a beer can? Pass.
Re:The profit is not in underpants. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Try it yourself (Score:2, Funny)
Space-travel industry. (Score:3, Funny)
Rutan rules! (Score:4, Funny)
-J
Re:Nitrous Oxide and Rubber? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Armadillo's page recently updated too! (Score:3, Funny)
IANARS, however, I do believe there are breaking methods that that I would prefer if I was going along for the ride.
Re:Armadillo's page recently updated too! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The profit is not in underpants. (Score:3, Funny)
Seven minutes in heaven (Score:3, Funny)
"After experiencing weightlessness at the top of its trajectory, the ship will extend its wings and tail and glide back to the runway that it left 90 minutes earlier."
Okay, so we have a plane with a "spaceship" under it, and we're going to go up real high and then fling it up into what's just barely "space," and watch it fall down. So you'll actually be in "space" for just a few minutes? No orbiting around and trying to see if you can find your house from up there? How much fun is this really, when the majority of your time is spent screaming your head off as you fall back to Earth? Maybe the inflight meal will be really good.
Re:Rutan can do it if anybody can (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Seven minutes in heaven (Score:2, Funny)
Of course it's a typo (Score:3, Funny)
They meant to put flubber.
Re:Armadillo's page recently updated too! (Score:5, Funny)
This is why I'm rooting for armadillo aerospace - if they win, the history videos of the future will show a fat, cheap looking rocket crashing head first into the ground then falling over. It's about time history got a little comic relief :o)
Re:The profit is not in underpants. (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, it will be for the second time. They already are paying. That is after Burt showed that he can develop and build a fully functional fighter jet on a 10M budget to cost under 2M a piece. Which also has a negligeable radar sig due to the fact that engine is one of the very few metal parts in it.
Nothing new here. Even no need for taking tourists. DOD will foot the bill. Once again...
Re:Yes! Rubber! (Score:3, Funny)
Whereas nitrous oxide and burnin' rubber, well, shucks, that's better'n air!
Cackle (Score:3, Funny)
Okay, so I'm sure it'd probably explode or something. But it'd look cool for a few moments.