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Fri, May 14, 2004

SpaceShipOne Flies Again!

This Time, To 212,000 Feet

Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne flew again on Thursday, this time reaching an altitude of 212,000 feet in its third powered flight test to date.

"This flight marks an additional milestone for Paul G. Allen, Burt Rutan and the innovative aerospace design team in their ongoing efforts to complete the first non-government manned space flight. The test is part of Scaled Composites' Tier One program, funded by Allen, Microsoft co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Inc.," said a statement to ANN from Rutan's company, Scaled Composites. "The SpaceShipOne team will announce the results of this test flight once it has completed an analysis of the data. The future's looking up ... way up!"

Scaled is vying for the newly-renamed Ansari X-Prize, a $10 million reward for being the first company to fly three people 60 miles into suborbital space. Twenty-seven teams are competing for the prize.

FMI: www.scaled.com

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