SpaceShip One public test flight

[XMEN Gambit]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/10862 ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Ahsa, I expect you and your work buddies to make an effort to see this. And take pictures. <br><br>So I can experience it vicariously. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

lol.<br><br>I'm trying. I'm not sure I'll have enough leave. But I'm trying. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p></p><i></i>

[Nilk]

that's the same contest one of the creators, of Doom, was entering <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace, IIRC. I had quite a bit of interest in that one, since it's local, but I didn't really like his crushable nose-cone design.<br><br>(Nilk - 2 too many commas. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> ) <p></p><i></i>

[Nilk]

they weren't just misplaced?<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

No, 2 too many. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> That statement doesn't need any commas. <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Never, Never, Never Quit"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> -Winston Churchill</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

[Nilk]

but, it wanted commas!!! <p>http://home.earthlink.net/~nilkilla/Nil ... </p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Hey, since we mentioned the Armadillo, here's a story with a vid clip of a successful test launch. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Problem is, this is not nearly as much of a test as Rutan's team has pulled off so far. In that context: <!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>As for Armadillo’s future flight planning, Carmack and crew are staying the course. He added, however, that his group’s prospects are "pretty dim" for getting the group’s larger vehicle up and operating in five months time and attaining the needed permission to fly the vehicle.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->The five months mentioned is the date the X-Prize expires. <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>