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October 1, 2004
Sell On eBay & We'll Come After You!
On September 29, SpaceShipOne successfully completed the first of two X-Prize flights. This was the second successful flight of Paul Allen and Scaled Composites who have launched the first private manned vehicle beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. The successful launch demonstrated that the final frontier – space - is now open to private enterprise. The pilot, Mike Melvill, is the first civilian to fly a spaceship out of the atmosphere and the first private pilot to earn astronaut wings.
In an amusing commentary on the times, SpaceShipOne has room for three humans, but only Melvill was on the two flights. To provide the weight to equal two other bodies, employees were allowed to send private items into space to make up for the missing weight. In a stern memo, everyone was advised their outer space items had better not appear on eBay! Sell on eBay and we'll come after you, they were told.
Posted by SydneyJohnston at October 1, 2004 4:46 PM
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