Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

We just got back from checking out the daVinci spaceship this morning. I've got to admit it's really incredibly guerrilla looking, and reminded me more of a backyard Monster Garage type project than a space program (it's basically a big carbon fibre coffin). The “unveiling” itself wasn't really much of an unveiling; it seemed to be an unfinished inner shell (covered in Internet Casino stickers, since that's who's funding the Ocotber 2nd launch) without any of the working parts visible. A scale mockup of the outer shell hung at the museum across the street.

Me with the world's second ever private spaceship.		The mockup hanginng at the aerospace museum.

While we were up there we stopped in at the museum as well, located in the old De Havilland hanger. Here's a few quick photos (it's a very very small museum):

Rachel with a jet kitplane.		Me with a full size model of an Avro Arrow.		I think this is an Osprey kit plane (or something very similar).		An earlier Canadian fighter jet.

Seeing just how big the revolutionary Avro Arrow was in person was what surprised me most (excluding the earlier shock of seeing what we crazy Canucks have decided to shoot into space that is). I really hope the daVinci project is as revolutionary as the Avro Arrow was, but I fear that it will share only the same unfortunate end. PS. Dunno what the title of this entry means?

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