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rocket starchaser

stbalbach — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 20:21:21 -0800

UK rocket builder Steve Bennett is working on the worlds first private maned spaceship built by his company Starchaser with the Nova II announced Thursday. The new rocket will be shipped to the United States and dropped unmanned over the Red Lake Drop Zone in Arizona from 14,000 feet to test its landing systems. If successful, a manned test will take place before the summer, making it Britain's first ever manned rocket capsule. The tests will allow the team to move on to building their ultimate rocket, Thunderbird. Starchaser is confident that Thunderbird will blast off into the history books in 2005, netting the company $10 million from the X-Prize. Others say it's suicide.

By: samuelad

samuelad — Thu, 03 Apr 2003 22:22:15 -0800

Clearly, Mr. Bennett is fearless. If he survives his homegrown rocket, perhaps he can be the test pilot for Project Orion, the rocket that is to be propelled by a consistent stream of nuclear explosions that occur two hundred feet behind the vehicle.

By: Windopaene

Windopaene — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 00:16:49 -0800

That is just whacked... More power to him, but he sounds like he's a disaster in the making.

By: jpburns

jpburns — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 04:55:29 -0800

Thunderbirds are go!

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Fri, 04 Apr 2003 06:54:18 -0800

From what I understand, John Carmack (Doom, Quake) is also trying to win the X-prize. My money is on Carmack.