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Date: 06/20/04
Views: 883
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You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to watch a test flight.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 803
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I think they're seeking to keep politics out of space flight. Erm, well, maybe they're politicizing space flight. Umm. Well, they were there and organized.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 755
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An excellent shot of White Night/SpaceShip One taxing out for takeoff.
You have to get up REALLY early in the morning if you want to be able to see the test flight on the ground.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 807
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This is Starship One, the low-altitude chase plane, taking off.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 1171
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Shortly after takeoff, during the approx. 1-hour flight to "launch altitude."
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 1080
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This is the high-altitude chase plane. He gave the others a 20 minute head start, because he's so damn fast.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 1057
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Nobody went through any mountains, and no Oscilation Overthrusters were tested that day.
Another good T-shirt in the audience: "Actually, I _AM_ a Rocket Scientist."
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 824
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Date: 06/21/04
Views: 795
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This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you came here to see.
This is about a third of the actual contrail -- the viewing area was situated such that the craft appeared to launch directly into and through the sun.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 609
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This was shortly before he and his friend started chanting "Next Stop Saturn."
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 534
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Up in the sky! It's a bird!
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 543
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It's a plane!
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 523
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It's...oh yeah, a plane.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 673
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Shortly before landing: on the left is Starship One (low-altitude chase plane), on the right is Spaceship One (device under test), and below that is some random cropduster.
Date: 06/21/04
Views: 935
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