It seems fitting that, on the 47th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team have succeeded (unofficially so far at least) in winning the X-Prize: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3712998.stm My congratulations to Burt Rutan and his colleagues, especially the pilots. I look forward to the day when we can observe privately-funded spacecraft in orbit. Best wishes, Bruce Bruce MacDonald COSPAR Site 2751 Devizes, Wiltshire, UK 51.5440 N 1.9849 W 125m (WGS84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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