SpaceShipOne is Go for June 21

[vibrotronica]

Burt Rutan’s X-Prize entry will attempt its first suborbital flight on June 21! Assuming the vehicle (and occupants) survive, they will have to do a second flight within two weeks to claim the money.

All I have to say is, Go Burt!

[Ponder_Stibbons]

A couple of news links: MSNBC, and Space.com. This is seriously cool!!!

[whiterabbit]

I really, really, really needed to hear this today. Thank you.

[teenage girl squeal]COOOOOOOOOOOL![/teenage girl squeal]

[Tuckerfan]

They’re hoping to do a live broadcast of the event.

Live coverage is possible, even an internet stream. We will post details on this when we have them. However, what is planned at present is that a Ridgecrest FM radio station, KLOA FM 104.9, will cover the event live, including updates and even the flight’s radio calls. There is a possibility of having severe traffic congestion with cars arriving in the Mojave area. If you are still in your car arriving late, tune in KLOA and look up at the north-east sky.

There’d damn well better be lots of live coverage of it. This will be as historic a day as when Yuri Gagarin first went into space.