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June 17, 2004
Thursday
 
 
Out to Launch
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland)  Aerospace
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Tomorrow afternoon I am off to Los Angeles... and thence to the Mojave desert to watch SpaceShipOne head for space. I will try to post some more when I get to Rand Simberg's place in LA.

In the meantime, you can get a copy of the Aldridge Commission Report here. You do not know what it is? Well, then, follow the link! As for me, I am off to bed... there are some rather long days ahead.

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Dale...

I am *jealous*.

Have a grand time, and tell us 'bout it all!


Posted by De Doc at June 17, 2004 02:30 AM

Enjoy yourself, methinks the 21st June could be a very important day. The day we finally start to make space accessible.

Here's hopin'

Have fun!


Posted by Tony at June 17, 2004 07:00 AM

Enjoy yourself, methinks the 21st June could be a very important day. The day we finally start to make space accessible.

Here's hopin'

Have fun!


Posted by Tony at June 17, 2004 07:02 AM

You lucky b*****d! You lucky, lucky b*****d! If I had the cash (or even enough credit left on my cards) I'd be going too. All being well, next Monday's going to be a historic day. Enjoy your trip!


Posted by Stuart at June 17, 2004 06:35 PM

Mojave in June is impressive - Take water spray device, shade hat, wind coping mechanisms. Enjoy.


Posted by Walter Wallis at June 17, 2004 07:03 PM

I'm going too! WOOOOHOOOOO!


Posted by Scott at June 17, 2004 07:19 PM

Don't be too jealous- Dale's going to be sleeping on the floor of our hangar, along with a few dozen other fanatics^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H true believers. Place will look like a homeless shelter...


Posted by Doug Jones at June 17, 2004 07:49 PM

Photographs. We need photographs! By the dozen!


Posted by Julian Morrison at June 17, 2004 07:56 PM

Curses!

With my new strategic homebase of Palmdale, CA, I was hoping to be the blogger that would post with an eyewitness report. Sigh, life can be tough on the little guy.

Sincerely, I hope you enjoy your trip to LA and the High Desert, Dale.

Gamer


Posted by Gamer at June 17, 2004 09:28 PM

This may be a dumb question, but I gotta ask: where specifically would one go in Mojave, in order to watch this? I've been through it a bunch of times, but always via US 395, thence east to Barstow.

Thanks,
Norm


Posted by Norman E Spaulding at June 18, 2004 06:56 AM

I answered my own question -- Scaled has all the info one needs on the website:

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/june21faq.htm


Posted by Norman E. Spaulding at June 18, 2004 07:08 AM

Have fun, Dale!

Reach for the sky, gents...


Posted by James at June 18, 2004 12:56 PM

Hi everyone.

I just was at the NASA workshop on the Centennial Challenge Prizes in DC.

The big news from there is not only that NASA has really taken the X Prize lessons to heart (at least for the moment) but that Jeff Bezos is building a sub orbital system, that Elon Musk is going to eventually man rate some future version of his Falcon Rocket and there is a strong indication that Richard Branson is going to announce something on Monday.

Space Tourism is no longer the giggle inducing idea that it was four years ago. Its now one of the main factors in launch vehicle development. Great newsm BUT lets try and keep thing in perspective. Five years ago everyone thought that the LEO constellation market for Comsats would save the launch industry.

Enjoy yourself Dale.


Posted by spacer at June 18, 2004 08:10 PM
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