SpaceShipOne Delay, argh!

I just saw the pictures of the craft for the first time. That is one weird looking spaceship. The craft that carried the space ship up to 46,000 feet was weird looking to. Oh well, it did the job.
 
Pretty weird looking aircraft
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actually, that's pretty neat if that type of a craft can fly at that high of an altitude.. somebody did their homework!
 
I just saw a news report on this and to prove that he had left the atmosphere the pilot released a bag of M+M's and you could see them floating freely. He said for a split sdecond he forgot about flying the plane. He was so amazed he lad left the atmosphere. Too Cool !!!
 
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I just saw a news report on this and to prove that he had left the atmosphere the pilot released a bag of M+M's and you could see them floating freely. He said for a split sdecond he forgot about flying the plane. He was so amazed he lad left the atmosphere. Too Cool !!!

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You can do that in a 172. It has nothing to do with leaving the atmosphere.

You think they do zero gravity training in a KC135 that has left the atmosphere?

I'm surprised they would try a bogus stunt like that.
 
Quite right John, but the point is that he was experiencing micro-gravity not because of a zero g manuver but instead because he was so far away from the earth that gravity was not affecting him as it does a body down here.
 
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You can do that in a 172. It has nothing to do with leaving the atmosphere

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Great ! Take your 172 up that far and,,,,Oh wait, you can't.

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You think they do zero gravity training in a KC135 that has left the atmosphere?

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Nope, Didn't say that. I believe we were talking about SpaceShipOne and not a KC135. I don't recall a KC135 being 62 (or whatever number) miles above the earth.
 
It has nothing to do with height above the earth.

Take your 172 and start a full power climb. Simultaneously reduce power and lower the nose - you will be able to float a pen next to you for quite some time (depending on your altitude.)

It's called a Zero Gee maneuver and has nothing to do with atmosphere.
 
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yay for the private industry!, will there ever be "Space airliners" in the near future?

[/ QUOTE ]I sure hope so.. I'd be one of the first paid pax...I missed the chance to see the Titanic (needed to win the lottery - didn't come thru for me), but i'll start saving up now to get my seat to see what it's like outside of our world!
 
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yay for the private industry!, will there ever be "Space airliners" in the near future?

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With servie to where? The moon or mars?
 
it doesn't have to have a destination because any destination besides a space station would probably be too far... it could just be for a few hours of zero-gravity & photography fun....
 
Is it just me..or do I imagine space shots from new york to tokyo..... wouldnt that be cool?

Leave it to scaled composites to get the job done.
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see - now i get the spankin' hippo thing... after going to germany.. it's the "Jamba" hippo... and the funniest commercial.. I'll have to see if there's a link, but it really is good!

sorry for the disruption, but I always wondered how you got that avatar...

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It has nothing to do with height above the earth.

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Yea, Yea, I get that. But once again I was referring to the SpaceShipOne flight as was the thread.
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It's called a Zero Gee maneuver and has nothing to do with atmosphere.

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Yea, I get that too. I understand Zero G's. Somehow though the cool factor in a 172 is not the same as SpaceFlight which again is what the thread was about.
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Take your 172 and start a full power climb. Simultaneously reduce power and lower the nose

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HHmm, I will have to try that. Do you need to reach a certain airspeed before your drop the nose and reduce power?
 
I heard on the CNN news report about it that the FAA granted the pilot the first commercial astronaut rating. Any merit in that?
 
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