[From nobody Sun Nov 21 22:39:55 2004 Return-path: <Rcmaster199@aol.com> From: Rcmaster199@aol.com Full-name: Rcmaster199 Message-ID: <12a.4cd5cf66.2e92d526@aol.com> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:32:38 EDT Subject: Re: X Prize To: brianyemail-nsrca@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1096907557" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5112 -------------------------------1096907557 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Putting a man is Space, in a ballistic arc is one thing. Putting a man in Earth orbit, quite another. NASA put Alan Shepard in Space about 44 years ago for a moderate cost. If you are 50 or older, the rest of the story you probably saw live and not always in living color. Our money has been well spent. We benefit every day from that investment. MattK Well theres a second private citizen astronaut now. Pretty wild to think that someone reaches space in a composite aircraft and reenters without requiring heatshielding. How many billions has nasa spent and didnt come up with something this simple? -------------------------------1096907557 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>Putting a man is Space, in a ballistic arc&nbsp;is one thing. Putting a= man in Earth orbit, quite another. NASA put Alan Shepard&nbsp;in Space abou= t 44 years ago for a moderate cost. If you are 50 or older, the rest of the=20= story you probably saw live and not always in living color.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Our money has been well spent. We benefit every day from that investmen= t.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>MattK</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"> <P><FONT face=3DArial>Well theres a second private citizen astronaut now. Pr= etty wild to think that someone reaches space in a composite aircraft and re= enters without requiring heatshielding.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial>How many billions has nasa spent and didnt come up wit= h something this simple?</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1096907557-- ]