SpaceShipOne
Oct. 4th, 2004 04:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkIt's still unofficial, but it looks like SpaceShipOne has hit the 100km mark for the second tiem in two weeks, bagging the $10M X-Prize.
Edit: If the altitude on 368,000 feet or 112km is confirmed, it will mean SS1 has beaten the X15's old record of 107.9km. Cool.
Edit: If the altitude on 368,000 feet or 112km is confirmed, it will mean SS1 has beaten the X15's old record of 107.9km. Cool.
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Date: 2004-10-04 04:01 pm (UTC)eh? what record is that?
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Date: 2004-10-06 01:59 pm (UTC)I missed all the TV coverage by being in a "4 star, my arse" hotel with only 2 TV channels. At least I could get British newspapers a day late so I did read about this before I got back to Blighty.