At 11:43 PM 9/21/2005 +1000, you wrote:
>space ship 1 flew 100km (and change) straight up then came down again (like
>a rock)
>to actually stay "up" at that point you have to execute a left turn and
>accelerate to 25 times the speed of sound or 7 kilometers per second (give
>or take)
>IE there is a fair way to go yet

Exactly. I'm sure it's a better ride than popping up to 25km in a MIG on
afterburners, but a bit of a sham as far as real space travel goes.

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