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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: diamondgeezer on June 02, 2004, 01:21:50 pm

Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: diamondgeezer on June 02, 2004, 01:21:50 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3770919.stm
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Jiggyhound on June 02, 2004, 01:25:25 pm: to infinity - and beyond!

good stuff, look forward to the space cruises then.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Corsair on June 02, 2004, 01:25:51 pm: They're gonna do it! Hooray!
I've been following those guys ever since Popular Science did a story on the X-prize a while back...
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: kasperl on June 02, 2004, 01:27:41 pm: Meh, make it cheap enough to be usefull, then we'll see.

And make it use less fuel, it's a pure waste of energy, as far as I care. Same goes for the ISS. Sure, it's cool for science, but it's too expensive to do anything usefull, and the energy costs are through the roof.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: diamondgeezer on June 02, 2004, 01:29:39 pm: I'll assume that you can back that up with figures, so I'll just remind you that the X-Prize winner is a technology demonstrator, not a production model
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Jiggyhound on June 02, 2004, 01:29:42 pm: im sure costs will come down over time, as more enter the market, and better tech is made use of for the job.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Nico on June 02, 2004, 01:49:23 pm: What I notice is that they keep talking about that one, but what about the 24 others?
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Corsair on June 02, 2004, 02:27:20 pm: The 24 others aren't on the verge of winning the prize.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: Jiggyhound on June 02, 2004, 02:31:03 pm: plus most are either way behind or just deaming.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: J3Vr6 on June 02, 2004, 02:34:07 pm: If I had the money I'd go to space... awww yeah, go rutan.
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: diamondgeezer on June 02, 2004, 02:40:20 pm: Most of the other entrants are still on the drawing board. Kazan made a big fuss about one of the teams, but their website had nothing more substantial than artists' concepts. Burt is sending his entry into space this month. So you can see why he's the media darling :)
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: J3Vr6 on June 02, 2004, 02:43:46 pm: If I made it into the news, dg, will you call me "darling" too? :D
Title: Burt Rutan > You
Post by: IceFire on June 02, 2004, 03:53:53 pm: There's a Canadian team that is in a close second. Not sure on what their current status was but it was looking very strong.