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Subject:	Some good news for a change, maybe?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2003 02:52:55 GMT
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20030426/bs_nm/space_speculation_dc Let us keep our fingers crossed that something comes of one or two of these pipe dream hobby projects... (note that the header of .space has a link to Scaled Composites website with their press release. As I said in .space, if anyone can win the X prize, Bert Rutan can)

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		Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
(...) I just had a friend over yesterday that is involved in the project - he brought a copy of Aviation Week with him that gave some details on the project, but I didn't have a chance to look at it. I didn't even catch the issue number or have a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
(...) Tomorrow's the scheduled launch day for the first suborbital flight (this apparently is not an X Prize qualifying flight, needs 3 people on board to be the first of the pair required, but predictions are that if this goes well, the prize will (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Virgin Galactic (was Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: (stuff about SpaceShipOne) Making the rounds of the newswires today: (URL) Branson and his firm, Virgin, are to launch a new space tourism venture, in partnership with Paul Allen and Burt Rutan, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Bigelow to offer new prize? ( was Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: (snip) This was announced monday but I didn't notice it till today on space.com (URL) Bigelow is apparently to offer a 50M USD prize for a reusable orbital vehicle capable of docking with a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		A friend at the FAA? (Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
When in LMF(1) mode I tend to scorn all governmental types, especially those at regulatory agencies. But in my more rational/pragmatic moments I realise there are gradations, and some regulators are better than others. Here is an example of (...) (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		X Prize has been won? ( was Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
Looks like SpaceShipOne did it, just barely (not yet validated) (URL) a bit behind last I checked) and (URL) (this may change but it's up to date now) (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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