I'm guessing many of you already know about this on account of it being on /., but Scaled Composites just did a successful test flight of the White Knight and SpaceShipOne (more, more). To simplify, it's a hybrid two-part plane that can fly 100 km up… into space that is!
I've always been a giant Burt Rutan fan and really believe that he'll be remembered in the same way as the Wright brothers both for his contributions to traditional aeronautics as well as to the space travel industry, which when it comes down to it is still very much in its infancy. Anyway, inspiring stuff that makes me very excited to see what the future will bring!
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