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   Cameron Dorrough to sanman   
   Re: SpaceShipOne 2nd Powered Flight   
   15 Apr 04 11:58:11   
   
   From: cdorrough@nortonconsultants.com   
      
   "sanman"  wrote in message   
   news:f144e162.0404081608.7c45353a@posting.google.com...   
   > So according to early reports, SpaceShipOne made its second powered   
   > flight reaching Mach 2, only a day after Scaled was granted a   
   > suborbital launch license by the FAA. Although the license allows the   
   > vehicle to travel above 60 miles, this test flight went to 105,000   
   > feet which is about 21 miles, or a third of the way to the X-Prize   
   > goal of 62.5 miles up.   
      
   Question: Does anyone know why Scaled don't post the video footage on their   
   web-site instead of just the occasional photo??   
      
   Even small clips would make interesting viewing, to those of us so far away   
   we may never see the live-action in our lifetime..   
      
   Cameron:-)   
      
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