Kintisch, Eli,

SpaceShipOne Now Has Eye on the Prize. Eli Kintisch. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 60, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: SpaceShipOne Now Has Eye on the Prize, Sept. 24, 2004; pp. A1+.

"Rumors raced through the crowd of more than 27,000 spectators along the runway at Mojave, Calif., on June 21 as the world's first private spaceship soared above the stratosphere. Something seemed amiss. Mission control had lost contact with its astronaut, Mike Melvill, 63. The men who had built SpaceShipOne began to worry that the ship wouldn't live up to its name." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article examines SpaceShipOne's first flight to the edge of space--328,000 feet.

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