SpaceShipOne to launch (or take off??) in 30 minutes! (9:30 est)

[Cannikin]

MSNBC and NASA tv will be covering live...not sure about anyone else.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5236958/

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. I get an old NASA eduction video at those 2

but there's a link working for me (in the UK) at http://news.bbc.co.uk

(on edit: corrected URL)

[LibLabUK]

2. Well...

The first stage took off.... I guess in about an hour they'll fire up the rocket at 50,000ft and the commercialisation of space will have begun.

[enki23]

3. i think that began a long time ago

the only difference here, really, is that there's a human on board.

[Lost147]

4. cool

Thats awsome this is the first step to commericalization of space. I guess thats the governments plan in action though. Spark the interest in space with a program and then let the efficent private organizations invest time and energy into developing real space technology

[JoeyBandit]

5. It has to be

I think that's how it's got to be. This isn't the 60's when we were in the middle of a space race. NASA doesn't get blank checks anymore. The only way we're going to move beyond our orbit is to have private investors like Paul Allen foot the bill.