[meteorite-list] A Gleaming Rocket under the Moonlight

[tracy latimer]

>From: MexicoDoug at aol.com
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] A Gleaming Rocket under the Moonlight
>Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:49:20 -0400
>
>Hola List,
>
>I just read that the $10 million X-Prize, an hour ago, unofficially so far, 
>has been won by SpaceShipOne.
>

I remember a decade ago when the Delta Clipper (the 'flying Styrofoam cup') 
looked like a contender for the X-prize -- until it crashed.  Getting a 
rocket into space is tricky but doable for the average Joe with 
determination, some money, and more brains.  Payloads, human or otherwise, 
and the safe deployment and/or retrieval thereof, have always been the 
difficult part.  Congratulations to the SpaceShipOne designers and crew!

Tracy Latimer

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