Truth
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At 6:30 AM Pacific time today Spaceship One will make the first attempt to go to space.
On May 14th. Spaceship One made it to 212,000 Feet,
the privately-built manned spacecraft reached
the record altitude of 212,000 feet over
California on one of its final tests before
officially entering space.
The craft, called SpaceShipOne, was built
by aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, who hopes to win the Ansari X-Prize of $10 million for the first private flight into space.
To win the X-Prize, the craft has to reach an altitude
of 329,000 feet twice within three weeks. Twenty-five
other teams across the world are competing for the
prize.
Flying over the Mojave Desert, SpaceShipOne and its
carrier aircraft White Knight moved a step closer to
claiming the prize when pilot Mike Melvill took the
vehicle closer to space than any non-governmental
craft has been -- an altitude of 212,000 feet.
<IMG width="500"src="http://www.mojaveairport.com/images/Rutan/ss1-031217-taxi-07cr-8.jpg">
On May 14th. Spaceship One made it to 212,000 Feet,
the privately-built manned spacecraft reached
the record altitude of 212,000 feet over
California on one of its final tests before
officially entering space.
The craft, called SpaceShipOne, was built
by aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, who hopes to win the Ansari X-Prize of $10 million for the first private flight into space.
To win the X-Prize, the craft has to reach an altitude
of 329,000 feet twice within three weeks. Twenty-five
other teams across the world are competing for the
prize.
Flying over the Mojave Desert, SpaceShipOne and its
carrier aircraft White Knight moved a step closer to
claiming the prize when pilot Mike Melvill took the
vehicle closer to space than any non-governmental
craft has been -- an altitude of 212,000 feet.
<IMG width="500"src="http://www.mojaveairport.com/images/Rutan/ss1-031217-taxi-07cr-8.jpg">
