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 | Private Rocket Plane Makes Historic Space Flight Posted by G. Stolyarov II on 6/21/2004, 11:43am | |
| “The privately funded rocket plane SpaceShipOne flew to outer space and into history books on Monday as the world's first commercial manned space flight.” SpaceShipOne was designed by Burt Rutan and funded, among others, by Microsoft entrepreneur Paul Allen. On February 4, 2003, following the Columbia Accident, I ended my eulogy for the fallen astronauts with this hopeful stanza: http://www.geocities.com/rationalargumentator/Columbia I yearn for times when debts to brave men vanished In floating towers paid in full will be, When stately barriers to space fall, banished, And transports daily cross the new-found sea. Sixteen months later, these times are at last upon us. I am G. Stolyarov II  | ||
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