2001 Exhibit News |
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Volume 3 |
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Nov 14, 2001 |
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Issue 46 |
Nov. 21, 2001:
Greetings from Dennis Gonzales
33 years later.
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Quick updates for the third week of November.
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- Search past issues of USA TODAY for stories on this subject Monday's flight was the fifth for the EZ-Rocket, which cost less than $500,000 to build. Its engines burn isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen, consuming about $75 worth of fuel during each fleeting flight. The company hopes to eventually build a craft capable of flying regularly to altitudes of 60 miles that could allow scientists to conduct experiments in microgravity and lure paying tourists eager to see space. Xcorofficials want their future plane, which would cost tens of millions of dollars, to fly as regularly as possible to generate revenue. Rockets typically have been designed for single-use purposes; those designed for repeated use require significant work between firings. Xcor intends to fly the EZ-Rocket 30 to 50 times, with as many as five flights in one day to demonstrate the "gas and go" capability of the engines.
And my first time in 6 years I'll see "2001: A Space Odyssey" on the BIG screen. Well, I've been looking forward to this for a long time. I hope to meet a lot of other local "2001" fans at the Castro Theater tonight.
Again, thank you for posting a story about "2001: A Space Odyssey", on the Retrospect page at http://www.2001exhibit.org/acceptit_3/ldisplay.cgi?deluxe I'm always looking for new interesting stories, poems or opinions.
So far, the Yellow Submarine exhibition has been going well and we have one and half weeks to go until it ends. You can visit my web page about the exhibit at http://www.infinex.com/~exhibit/ys/index.html
The credit page has now been updated. On this page are all the "2001" fans that had contribute to this web site and the "2001" exhibitions. You may be on this page, if not and you had contribute tips, articles or anything, send me an email and I'll add you on this list. http://www.2001exhibit.org/credits.html
Keep sending email to me on the latest "2001/2010" news and keep checking the press section for updates. http://www.2001exhibit.org/2001expo.html
And to everyone in my country, have a food-filling Thanksgiving Day And see you next Wednesday (Frank)
The "2001: HAL's Legacy" web site will be opening Sunday evening at http://www.halslegacy.org
Posted by, Dennis Gonzales
Pan Am in Space? Read on...
ROCKET PLANE CLOSES IN ON PRIVATE SPACE TRAVEL Doug Benc, AP Blast-off: Rocket-powered EZ-Rocket airplane lifts off from the Mojave Desert. MOJAVE, Calif. (AP)
A fledgling aerospace company took another step toward making private space flights Monday as it sent a rocket-powered plane soaring 9,000 feet above the desert. Xcor Aerospace's EZ-Rocket, outfitted with twin, 400-pound-thrust rocket engines, streaked off a windy Mojave Airport runway and into a cloudy sky. Shimmering hot exhaust trailed during the demonstration flight for about 100 spectators. Dick Rutan, who made history in 1986 as co-pilot on the first nonstop, around-the-world flight without refueling, was at the controls. The engines burned noisily for several minutes as the plane circled the field at more than 212 m.p.h., then sputtered and cut off. The plane glided for several more minutes, then landed safely and coasted to a stop. "This was the first baby step to space for civilians," Rutan said as he climbed out of the cockpit of the plane, a modified Long-EZ designed by his brother, Burt Rutan. The experimental Long-EZ is the same two-seater, push-prop plane that singer-songwriter John Denver was piloting when he died in a 1997 crash; the modified version is serving as a test bed for Xcor's rocket engines. Tech Extras
Posted by, Mike Jackson, mental@digiscape.com
More news about Arthur C. Clarke:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/11/13/comdex.eds/index.html
Posted by, Mike Jackson, mental@digiscape.com
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Dennis Gonzales
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