Spaceship One

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Spaceship One re-entry configuration test800x600 jpg

More photos and the results of flight tests here. Spaceship One has done 10 glide tests, The most recent was on Dec. 4th.

Burt Rutan is my hero.

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Was channel surfing before the cricket started at about 10:30 or 11 this morning (looks at time) correction yesterday morning and flicked through SBS which had the russian news on.

Now as my Russian is a little bit rusty past Da. and Dos Vadanya ;-) I couldn't be sure exactly what was going on but you know what they say about a picture and the whole thousand words thing.

It appeared to be a Russian space vehicle. It looked very much like the ill-fated Buran. It didn't appear to have any name or logo or particualrly identifying marks on it although thinking about it now MTBKA seemed to be significant.. might have to google for that.

Not having a clue what was being said I'm not sure how far along they were or any of the technical details. But say what you like about the Russians but two things are true they are a very practical people and they have the space experience.

Two things come to mind MTBKA sounds rather familiar, wouldn't be surprised if it was a Russian deisgn bureau a la MiG or Sukhoi or Yak. the other thought there is that I'm thinking of MBB the German outfit.

Either way thought it was interesting sorry I didn't have more details.

-TW