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10-04-2004, 08:14 PM
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So what happend to space one?
so i know it launched this morning, but what happened?
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10-04-2004, 08:19 PM
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it made it 71.25 miles. They won the 10million.
also learned that apparently liquid mitrous oxide and rubber are a combustible mixture 
its on the msn website i think
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10-04-2004, 08:22 PM
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Ya I read about that in the paper this morning. Pretty amazing, I wonder how much it cost him to build it?
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10-04-2004, 09:42 PM
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i don't know but Richard Branson is financing the licensing for it, which means it didn't take too long for it to get trivialized by corporate america :roll:
BTW, THanks Jabba for not letting JW get cluttered with annoying ad banners and pop-ups!!
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10-05-2004, 12:00 AM
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i just heard that it took the team 20 mil for the project...-20 mil in the bank + 10 mil prize = -10 mil...seems to me these guys just wanted the props from this instead of the money...
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10-05-2004, 12:04 AM
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probably so. And i do give them props for it. I think it's cool that civillians will finally be able to go up into space. I just hope I live long enough to experince it.
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10-05-2004, 12:16 AM
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yeah, no one did it for the money. I dont think any of them believed they could do it for 10mil or under.
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10-05-2004, 12:21 AM
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$140,000 a passenger , i think they could do it for under 10mil.
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