Major advantage to being on vacation today: getting to watch SpaceShipOne fly into space on live webcast to win the XPrize. Honestly, I thought it would take much longer than this; not for the first time, I am very glad that there is such a person as Burt Rutan in the world.
On the other hand, they have the a news anchor with the weirdest haircut I've ever seen broadcasting.
Don't expect much in the way of entries here today or tomorrow; my parents are visiting and they have an annoying habit of wandering by and looking over my shoulder when I'm on the computer. (Mom's in the shower at the moment and I don't know if Dad's up yet.)
Yesterday we showed them our airpark property; today I'm taking them to see Biosphere 2, tomorrow the zoo. After that they're on their own while I go back to work.
Two minutes later:
SpaceShipOne made it has released from its parent ship!!!!!!
One more minute: They made it!!!!!
Posted by dichroic at October 4, 2004 08:45 AM