BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Powered Test Flight

04/08/04 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

Via Space.com: BREAKING NEWS! Private Spaceship Completes Second Rocket-Powered Test Flight

It seems that Burt has been simply waiting on the license. 40 second burn, max speed of approximately Mach 2, to an altitude of 105,000 feet.

Two successful burns. I predict two more test flights at targets of 200K feet and an edge of space flight to break some records, and then an Xprize qualifying altitude test and then an actual Xprize winning attempt. IMHO, that means roughly two months total at Burt's current pace.

Update: New pictures up at scaled: a nice one of the motor and the TPS paint system