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Lotta space stuff goin' on...
Oct. 4th, 2004 08:37 pmToday marks the 47th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. It is also the day that Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper died. And also the day the SpaceShipOne made the flight that -- once certified -- will win the US$10 million X Prize for Scaled Composites, a non-government entity.
It is tempting to say something dramatic, along the lines of "the age of civilian space travel has begun," but we're still a long way from that point, even though a company (Virgin Galactic) has already been founded to promote space tourism and Scaled Composites will be working to provide vehicles to that company.
In more mundane news, Galina called today from Houston, so at least that concern is taken care of. I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped, and there are six days left before I leave for Toronto. My to-do list runneth over.
Cheers...
It is tempting to say something dramatic, along the lines of "the age of civilian space travel has begun," but we're still a long way from that point, even though a company (Virgin Galactic) has already been founded to promote space tourism and Scaled Composites will be working to provide vehicles to that company.
In more mundane news, Galina called today from Houston, so at least that concern is taken care of. I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped, and there are six days left before I leave for Toronto. My to-do list runneth over.
Cheers...
