This Day In History, 2004: SpaceShipOne

[mabfan]

Two years ago today, pilot Mike Melvill of Tier One made history by piloting SpaceShipOne into outer space, the first privately-funded human spaceflight. A few months later, SpaceShipOne made two more flights into outer space within a fourteen-day period, winning the Ansari X-Prize.

Comments

[marksiegal.livejournal.com]

Hard to believe it was that long ago. Fun stuff, watching those flights on the webcasts...

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

Two years already!

But it doesn't stop being awesome.