TOUCHDOWN

[athelind]

Mike Melville has brought Spaceship One in for a landing after touching the edge of space once again. It has not yet been determined if this flight meets the requirements of the X-Prize.

There are tears in my eyes. The ship had a camera on board feeding live footage. We saw the Earth from space again. Oh, gods, I needed this. We ALL needed this. In the midst of all the tawdry greed and tragedy wracking out world, to know that we can still raise our heads and touch the sky...

Comments

[hydra-velsen.livejournal.com]

And the government's already thinking up ways to regulate private spaceflight.

[hida.livejournal.com]

Thats so cool :D

[araquan.livejournal.com]

They seem to be saying here that it counts. So... All they need now is to do it again in two weeks.

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know they were flying today. That is awesome. And yes, it is a moment of joy in this fucked-up world.

I'm a little sad to find the Canadians are out of the running now, the DaVinci people had to push back their Oct. 2 flight date. :( Burt Rutan and Paul Allen have already spent like 2.5 times the amount of the X-prize on this program.