{"id":285,"date":"2003-12-18T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2003-12-18T07:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"0"},"modified":"2006-09-28T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T12:08:29","slug":"mach_one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/?p=285","title":{"rendered":"Mach One"},"content":{"rendered":"

How cool is this<\/a>??<\/p>\n

A privately funded rocket plane called SpaceShipOne yesterday broke the sound barrier over California’s Mojave Desert, achieving what its developer called the first supersonic flight achieved by a nongovernmental effort. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A homebuilt supersonic rocket. (Admittedly, it’s hard to call anything built by genius Burt Rutan ‘homebuilt,’ but still – I wonder how the level of effort compared with that in building the X-1?)<\/p>\n

[Update2:<\/b> Commenter Mike Daley catches me in a DOOOH! moment and reminds us all that Rand Simberg<\/a> and Jay Manifold<\/a> are a) all over this; and b) actually know something about it…<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> Commenter Frank Martin provides a link to some pictures and first-hand commentary<\/a>! Thanks, Frank…]<\/b><\/p>\n

WINDS’ COVERAGE:<\/b> <\/p>\n

* April 19\/03: Private Manned Spaceplane Unveiled<\/a> as the craft makes its first test flight.
\n* Dec 18\/03: SpaceShipOne breaks Mach One in a test flight.
\n* Juune 8\/04: The system prepares for its first space flight. Go, SpaceShipOne, Go!<\/a>
\n* June 21\/04: First full flight successful<\/a>!
\n* Sept 29\/04: SpaceShipOne makes its first official X-Prize flight<\/a>, and succeeds. That flight had some scary moments, though.
\n* Oct 5\/04: Mission Accomplished!<\/a> SpaceshipOne wins the X-Prize, and breaks the X-15’s manned altitude record for an aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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