PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - scaled composite's space craft reaches 40 miles
Old 13th July 2004 | 21:50
  #15 (permalink)  
plt_aeroeng
 
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 46
Likes: 0
From: Canada
SpaceShipOne future

Apart from the following:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...ss_040621.html

have not heard much about the future plans for Rutan's space ship.

Is it grounded for repair/design change? Do they plan to fly again soon?

The report in the link suggests that there is very significant risk in this project, which is not surprising. Many have said that safety standards will have to be relaxed to allow private space travel. However, there is, in today's risk averse society, a low limit on the risk organizations will be allowed to take.
plt_aeroeng is offline