New pilot for SpaceShipOne

SteveS — 10/4/2004 1:52:11 PM (archived)

A surprise to many observers of the Rutan project was announced this morning. Brian Binnie will be the pilot for the mission. He'll earn his astronaut wings if the launch successfully reaches the edge of space some 62 miles above Earth. Mike Melvill had served as pilot on the previous two SpaceShipOne flights to space.

A graduate of the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School, Binnie has more than 4,600 hours of flying time in 59 different aircraft, including the F/A-18, the A-7E, the White Knight and SpaceShipOne. He holds master's degrees in aeronautical engineering and fluid mechanics and is a veteran of 33 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm.

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New pilot for SpaceShipOne - SteveS - 10/4/2004 1:52:11 PM
- How SpaceShipOne Works - LJK - 10/5/2004 1:26:42 PM
- Just got back from viewing it in person - Delbert - 10/4/2004 7:08:34 PM
  - Congratulations!! (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/4/2004 9:48:41 PM
  - re: Great, Del! - Raoul - 10/4/2004 7:36:34 PM
    - Actually, I think Delbert wanted to be onboard. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/4/2004 7:40:02 PM
      - I certainly did! (n/t) - Delbert - 10/5/2004 2:56:12 AM
      - So do I (N/T) (n/t) - RNE - 10/4/2004 7:42:45 PM
- Today also the 47th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2004 6:07:36 PM
  - re: Today also the 47th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. - Marcia - 10/4/2004 8:46:27 PM
    - re: ... the pic ... - Marcia - 10/4/2004 8:48:42 PM
      - the collection - SDG - 10/5/2004 2:38:54 PM
        
        re: :) Thank you, SDG. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/5/2004 4:20:00 PM
- Brian - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2004 4:07:58 PM
  - If there's a corner in your office...go there now ;-) - SteveS - 10/4/2004 4:24:03 PM
- It's taken off. - Bowser - 10/4/2004 2:22:30 PM
  - The X-15 altitude record has just fallen!!! - Nathan Koren - 10/4/2004 2:59:55 PM
    - re: Scratch that -- *368,0000* ft. Beat the X-15's mark by 13,000 ft! (n/t) - Nathan Koren - 10/4/2004 3:50:39 PM
      - YES!!!!...WAY-TO-GO!!...In the next three years, I predict, you'll see private manned spacecraft top the 100 mile-high mark. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/4/2004 4:39:12 PM
      - And down safely! (n/t) - Bowser - 10/4/2004 3:57:15 PM
        
        re: And down safely! - Raoul - 10/4/2004 4:09:09 PM
        
        re: And down safely! - SteveS - 10/4/2004 4:13:14 PM
        
        They Won the X-Prize! - REB - 10/4/2004 4:39:15 PM
        
        Yes....but... - Jacob Samorodin - 10/4/2004 5:05:17 PM

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