SpaceShipOne to Join Smithsonian Collection 82
iamlucky13 writes "After having inspired space enthusiasts around the world and possibly setting the stage for space tourism by winning the X-Prize a year ago, SpaceShipOne is on it's way to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. There it will join other historic craft such as Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and Yeager's Glamorous Glennis. The exhibit will be unveiled on October 5th at a ceremony with Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites, the company that built SpaceShipOne, and Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder who funded the project."
Re:Too young for a museum ... (Score:3, Interesting)
What??? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I can't imagine anything more deserving. (Score:3, Interesting)
sputnik (Score:5, Interesting)
Sputnik's real claim to fame is that it was Earth's first artificial satellite.
Well, that, and also the fact that at it gave red-blooded Americans the heebie-jeebies to have a sinister Soviet satellite beaming out Communist radio signals while whizzing over your head fifteen times a day.