XPost: sci.space.shuttle, sci.space.history, rec.aviation.military   
   From: tomswift@cruzio.com   
      
   In article ,   
    David Given  wrote:   
      
   > [...]   
   > > SpaceShipOne only got 1/3rd the way there and that wasn't SSTO, it was   
   > > two staged, carried on White Knight.   
   >   
   > No. No, it didn't. SS1 reached Mach 3. Orbit is about the equivalent of Mach   
   > 25. That's 1/8 of the way.   
      
   Actually it much worse than 1/8 of the way.  In terms of energy that   
   eight to one velocity increase takes 128 times more energy.  As you can   
   see SpaceShipOne was far from getting to orbit.   
      
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