Even With Glitches, SpaceShipOne Becomes First Private Manned Spacecraft
Credit: WILLIAM G. HARTENSTEIN
Scaled Composites' historic flight to 100 km. last week may just be the first step to an eventual private manned orbital program, according to company founder Burt Rutan. The key to both endeavors is low cost, and Rutan's orbital scheme is now where he was 8-9 years ago with the suborbital 100-km...
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