Bre901
9th Apr 2004, 09:25
"The dream of commercial space flight has taken an important step towards reality with the granting of the first licence to a private company to launch people to a height of 100 kilometres.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the license to Scaled Composites, a California-based company run by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, for a one-year period"
More on The New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994870) and The Beeb (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3610755.stm)
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the license to Scaled Composites, a California-based company run by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, for a one-year period"
More on The New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994870) and The Beeb (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3610755.stm)