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Photos: SpaceShipOne lands in the Smithsonian

The National Air and Space Museum makes room for the first privately built craft to reach space.

Tags: SpaceShipOne, Smithsonian Institution

Image galleries 2005-10-07

Photos: SpaceShipOne lands in the Smithsonian

The National Air and Space Museum makes room for the first privately built craft to reach space.

Tags: SpaceShipOne, Smithsonian Institution

Image galleries 2005-10-07

SpaceShipOne repeats its feat

SpaceShipOne repeats its featGreat news!Let the age of space tourism begin! Sign me up for a flight.. once the cost becomes reasonable (ie. costs less money than I'd earn in several years..)All Tech Support For Spacecraft Outsourced To IndiaCan't wait to place a tech support call at 320,000 feet!SIMPLY...

Tags: Desktops, Burt Rutan, Scaled Composites, Mike Melville, SpaceShipOne

Discussion threads 2004-10-04

SpaceShipOne to launch again Monday

SpaceShipOne to launch again MondayBest of luck to them!Way to go gentlemen, way to go!!!Meanwhile....in other news, my left sack itches. Ahhh, much better now.Monday is 47th anniversary of Space AgeMany historians count Oct. 4, 1957, the day Sputnik I was launched, as the beginning of the Space Age. ...

Tags: SpaceShipOne, White Knight

Discussion threads 2004-10-01

SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets?

SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets?Cop outI had always heard that you must carry 3 PEOPLE on those flights. Now I see that it is "or their equivalent weight", as only the pilot was in the craft. What a cop out!Amazing that Paul Allen would spend $20 million on...

Tags: Paul Allen, SpaceShipOne

Discussion threads 2004-09-29

Additional Resources

(Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)

(Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)Miles?Probably should be 50,000 feet, not miles.RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)280 dollars???RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)50,000 miles above the earth?? I think not. SpaceShipOne was required to pass 328,000 feet to capture the Ansari X Prize -- about...

Tags: Branson, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment

Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...

Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again

Any work NASA is doing to return to the moon is "silly," Burt Rutan, the engineer who won the Ansari X Prize for a suborbital rocket plane, told a panel at CalTech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the space program, News.com reports. "Taxpayer-funded NASA should only...

Tags: NASA, Productivity, Leadership, Management, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-21

Dreaming up a new defence contractor

On August 22, 1963 a guy named Joe Walker flew the Bell X-15 experimentalspaceplane to 354,200 feet - a record not equalled until Brian Binnie flewSpaceShipOne to 367,442 feet in October of 2004.What happened at NASA in between was basically that the nationalurgency put into the moon missions forced...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-05-22

X Prize funder to become first female space tourist

X Prize funder to become first female space touristCoolchicks in space... that's sexy! :)Ansari X-prize winner a phonyThe X-prize stipulated that you had to transport 2 passengers to space in a 72 hour period. This meant LIVE HUMAN BEINGS and not a couple of sacks of potatos. AFAIK the pilot...

Tags: X Prize, flight vehicle

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Geeks in space

Geeks in spaceIf I had the moneyI would be SO there! That would be the first investment if I won the lottery. The second would be to buy a seat on a Virgin Galactic flight :DWhy? Because they are the forward thinkers.I mean if they weren't "futurists" they wouldn't...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Kinematics, Mother Earth, monument, AIAA, aerospace, cage

Discussion threads 2004-10-06

Will historic flight launch space tourism?

Will historic flight launch space tourism?The coolest thing in space travel since 1969...... and no-one has anything to say about it? Not even any guesses at to whether the on-board computers are running Linux or Windows. (Probably Windows -- a badly timed BSOD probably caused the rolls...)I'm saving...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Strategy, NASA, JUST LOOK

Discussion threads 2004-09-30

Private rocket zooms into space

Private rocket zooms into spaceCongratulations SpaceShipOneTruth be known, I actually want Armadillo Aerospace to win. Especially since they are headed up by a guy that all geeks know and praise, John Carmack.in 30 years...in 30 years.. traveling to the space stations that circle the earth will...

Tags: Graceland

Discussion threads 2004-06-21