Tuesday, August 17, 2004

next, orbital

next, orbital

With one suborbital manned flight under their belt, and an X-Prize attempt in the early fall, Burt Rutan is already looking further. In a lecture at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, Rutan talked about a one-man version of SpaceShipOne, capable of reaching a 130km orbit. The Spaceship would rendezvous with an orbital hotel such as the one envisioned by Bigelow Aerospace.

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