Monday, July 25 - First glimpse of White Knight, SpaceShipOne, and chase
plane. |
Interlocked pair, piloted by Mike Melville, Burt Rutan inside SS1, begin
descent. |
Going around for flyby |
High speed flyby over Wittman Field |
At the end of landing rollout, White Knight begins pivoting directly
in front of me! |
Graceful Ballerina |
Burt Rutan exits SpaceShipOne greeted to loud cheers from the enormous
crowd. |
Later, the heavens opened up to give everything, and everyone a nice
bath. |
Under the canopy of the Replica Fighters Association during a severe
thunderstorm. 70mph winds reported on the north end of Wittman Field.
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White Knight and SpaceShipOne parked on AeroShell Square Tuesday morning.
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Finally...we're together |
Nose shot |
SpaceShipOne tucked under the belly |
Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, and Mike Melville at the first of many forums |
Rutan begins his presentation on the "new Space Age" |
The downfalls of the current space program |
Just imagine |
NASA brought its version of a Mars plane, the Ares |
Tom Poberezny, Burt Rutan, Mike Melville, and Brian Binnie talk about
winning the X-Prize at The Theater in the Woods on Tuesday evening |
Burt Rutan presenting his case for private commericialization of space |