The Department of Transportation has issued the world’s
first license for a sub-orbital manned rocket flight.
The license was issued April 1 by the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation to
Scaled Composites of Mojave (CA), headed by aviation record-holder
Burt Rutan, for a sequence of sub-orbital flights spanning a
one-year period.
NASA's extremely successful X-43A hypersonic research aircraft
flight of March 27, 2004, resulted in a treasure trove of the first
actual scramjet flight data ever obtained.
The initial data review of the flight was conducted on March 31,
confirming that high-fidelity flight data was obtained throughout
the vehicle's boost, stage separation and descent to splash down in
the Pacific Ocean.
But None Involve Manned Missions To Hubble Telescope
NASA is reportedly considering more than 25 ideas on just how it
can extend the useful life of the telescope, as well as what to do
with it when that useful life is over. Even so, it still doesn't
look like there will be a manned mission to service the space
telescope. Ever.
USAF May Soon Lift Sanctions Against Boeing In Missile
Scandal
Boeing's aerospace division, which has been collectively
standing in the corner with its face to the wall after a scandal
involving 25,000 documents stolen from arch-rival Lockheed-Martin,
could soon be released from "time out."
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