SpaceShipOne 1X makes it.
Thursday, September 30, 2004

SpaceShipOne has landed safely after reaching 62 miles and it's on the wire services and there's a story on space.com.

The real test is if it can do it again within two weeks and get the 10million X-Prize. Currently an Oct 4th very early morning launch is planned and that would be the one to go to out in the Mojave if you're into launches.

The X-Prize seems to be heating up the whole private space flight thing, as it is supposed to. This proves yet again the power of doing things, showing actual working proof of concepts, getting dirty and letting your creations do you talking for you.

This week a new 50 million dollar prize was announced.

Virgin Atlantic recently announced "Virgin Galactic" a 100 million dollar project to license SpaceShipOne's technology and make their own ship for commercial flight to space at an estimated 200K or so a ticket. Cool stuff!
---------------------posted by Caleb John Clark on 9/30/2004 02:19:55 PM


Pics from trip
Tuesday, September 07, 2004

I've safe and sound in the Bay Area and very happy to be back. The trip across the US was great in part due to having a rideshare with a very solid and healthy kid named Jonathan who had just graduated from Hampshire College. It was his first Burning Man. Burning Man was really amazing and better then 2000 by a long shot. I was part of a very organized camp of 70 folks who put on a well known event. We had showers, fresh healthy meals and lots of work. I also volunteered for the Black Rock Gazette and got two stories printed. I'm in San Francisco now and loving it. The city seems uncrowded and healthier then when I left in 1997. I'm loving the humidity and trees after the desert for a week.
1. Trip Across (21 pics)
2. Burning Man. 3 pages
---------------------posted by Caleb John Clark on 9/07/2004 11:12:38 PM


made it

I've made it from Keene NH to San Francisco, via 7 great days at Burning Man. Pics up soon.
---------------------posted by Caleb John Clark on 9/07/2004 10:10:35 AM