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Congrats to SpaceShip One and the team at Scaled Composites for the fine achievement of getting a manned craft into space.

SpaceShipOne has rocketed into the history books to become the first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back. The craft, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, went over space's 100km (62 mile) boundary, said mission control.

The craft was carried to 50,000ft (15km) by its launcher White Knight at which point it was unleashed. It fired its rockets to continue its trip.

I don't know about you, but to me, the craft looks like the sort of thing you'll find in 1950's SciFi comics and books.

My dad fed me a heavy diet of Science Fiction when I was a child. I spent one summer, when I was about 10 or 11, reading a huge collection of H.G. Wells. Dad is an Asimov fan so I read the I Robot Series. I'm not sure how the books will carry in cinema, especially when it appears from the trailers that it's going to be an action movie.

I'm in the middle of doing some professional exams so my blogs will be short and irregular. Don't worry, I'm saving up a load of links each time I see something of interest.

In the meantime, if anyone has any spare cash, then help a racer. My mate wants to step up a class but he's got to find £20k from somewhere. Any donations or sponorship, no matter how small, gratefully received.
posted by kwacky at 4:29 pm