Monday, June 21, 2004

SpaceShipOne rocket plane climbs above Earth's atmosphere in first private space flight

"SpaceShipOne [. . .] employs a novel design in which its twin tailbooms and the back half of each wing rotate upwards to create drag for a brief time, much like feathers slow and stabilize the flight of a badminton shuttlecock. The tailbooms and wings then return to normal for the glide back to Earth."





This is historic. It might even warrant a mention on the front pages of mainstream newspapers.

Cynicism aside, I'm authentically excited about this. Because I want to go to space, damnit. And efforts like SpaceShipOne are getting me that much closer.

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