Go for it, Burt!

What he said.

Too True!!!

Go for it and get that record, then turn it around in 2 weeks and then get the X-prize.

Anybody know of a net broadcast that I can (we) pick up the flight?

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Amen to that! I really hope everything goes to plan for Scaled, and I've got a good feeling it will.

Mee Too

Cant wait to see the pictures. Wish I could be there to see it!! Best of luck to the whole scaled crew.

Cheers Mike 8-{>

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Unfortunately not, however we have a gallery full of pictures if you'd care to browse them...

M.

I heard that CNN were going to broadcast the launch live, but I dont know whether the UK feed is showing it.

This is going to be a great day. Best of luck to Burt and the Crew inc the pilot Mike Melvill.

What they said from the bottomof the other pond, and group heretic!

MMB

1:30 GMT isn't it?

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"Gravity assisted pieces of the rocket raining from the sky should be avoided. It is also financially undesirable."

-Portland State Aerospace Society

To my knowledge, the only "astronaut wings" issued are issued by the USAF. A flight above 50 miles altitude is the qualifier.

The BBC also have one here:

Dave Hart

The reports say the FAI.

-Fred Shecter NAR 20117 BT-5 Blowout

This morning on hte news I heard 8:30 CDT. Add 5 for you folks across the pond and and it's 13:30 GMT.

BTW, just who is it that officially hands out "astronauts wings" to those that cross the 50m and/or 100Km barriers?

Good luck, Mike!

Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD" >>> To reply, remove the TRABoD!

What report says the FAI issues astronaut wings?

There was another report that claimed the FAI gave them 'wings', but I suspect it was just the usual idiot reporter who took the "FAI defines space as xxx" and combined it with "astronaut wings" in their head and spewed out "news" (where "news" = "fiction")

All branches of the US Military have Astronaut Wings.

Mario Perdue NAR #22012 Sr. L2 for email drop the planet

"X-ray-Delta-One, this is Mission Control, two-one-five-six, transmission concluded."

That report also states:

"The X-15 program was a joint effort of NASA, the USAF, and the U.S. Navy. During almost 10 years of solo X-15 flights, several of the pilots met a U.S. criterion for a spaceflight by passing an altitude of 50 miles (80 kilometers). Those individuals were accordingly awarded astronaut status by the U.S. Air Force."

That's not correct, as the USAF awarded astronaut wings only to USAF pilots.

suspect it was just

No doubt.