SpaceShipOne reaches space..unofficially...

[I_Fly]

I would LOVE to shoot photos of an event like this!

Looked like an exciting ride for Mike though. More excitement than you would want on a flight like that.

Man I wish I were at Mojave with my camera! [Heavy sigh]

[Asylum Steve]

Yeah, was just reading about that. The most interesting point they made was comparing it to Lindberg's trans-Atlantic flight, saying this may lead to public space travel the way his flight opened the door to commercial airline travel...

If I understand the rules of the space flight contest correctly, they have to make another similar flight within two weeks...

[I_Fly]

another photo-op I'd love to try! I would guess that private industry would have a better shot at commercial space travel that the government would. Different motivating factors! Public sector would have to have a safe reliable system that operates efficiently, at least an order of magnitude more efficiently than the gov't could do it.

I think, if they can determine the cause of the unwanted roll wasn't a serious problem, they may try another flight early next week! It was exciting to watch on CNN, especially when the roll started and didn't stop.

Yeah, was just reading about that. The most interesting point they made was comparing it to Lindberg's trans-Atlantic flight, saying this may lead to public space travel the way his flight opened the door to commercial airline travel...

If I understand the rules of the space flight contest correctly, they have to make another similar flight within two weeks...

[Speed]

I would LOVE to shoot photos of an event like this!

Looked like an exciting ride for Mike though. More excitement than you would want on a flight like that.

Man I wish I were at Mojave with my camera! [Heavy sigh]

WHAT?!!!!

I wish I were FLYING SpaceShipOne!!!!

Oh yeah!