first commerical manned space vechile due to launch

ladies and gents,
www.space.com/missionlaunches/rutan_launchdate_040602.html
first private manned commerical space vechile due to launch june 21st.
stephen.

If susuccessfull, I reckon we'll see alot more of these privatly-funded sub-orbital trips into space in future.

Michael

Is this for the X prize? As in do they intend on doing it again in the same month?

They arn't going near Hubble by any chance are they?

Is this for the X prize? As in do they intend on doing it again in the same month?

They arn't going near Hubble by any chance are they?

Yup, Burt Rutan is one of the X-prise entrants. He has been the firm favourite for a while now although the Brirish crowd were looking good a few years ago but have completely dissapeared out of the media since. No idea why.

For folks interested in manned spaceflight the first privately funded
attempt to reach 'space' is currently in progress high above the Mojave
desert, California. BBC Newsonline has a live Realplayer feed:
www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/now1.ram
SpaceflightNow.com has frequent text-updates at:
www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/status.html

Articles:
www.spaceflightnow.com/ss1/040620preview.html
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3811881.stm
www.msnbc.msn.com/ID/5261571/
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