Above
photos show, the timeline of Paul
Allen
and His SpaceShipOne Investment
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, center, shakes
hands with test pilot Brian Binnie as Burt Rutan,
founder of Scaled Composites, looks on at
right
Paul
Allen & His SpaceShipOne Investment Microsoft
co-founder Paul Allen, center, shakes hands with
test pilot Brian Binnie as Burt Rutan, founder of
Scaled Composites, looks on at right
MOJAVE, California (AP) -- A rocket plane broke the
sound barrier during its first powered flight, but
the achievement was marred by a partial landing
gear collapse that caused it to veer off a desert
runway. SpaceShipOne test pilot Brian Binnie was
not injured, and the builder, Scaled Composites
LLC, said damage to the craft will be easily
repaired. The company said the test on Wednesday
was a milestone because it marked the first manned
supersonic flight by an aircraft developed by a
small company's private, non-governmental
effort.
-----The
craft is being developed by famed aviation designer
Burt Rutan for flights to altitudes of 62 miles
above Earth. The flights would be suborbital: high
enough to be in space but not fast enough to be in
orbit.
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SpaceShipOne
was developed in secret for two years before it was
unveiled in April.Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
told The Associated Press Wednesday that he is
backing the project. He put the size of his
investment in the "tens of millions" of
dollars.
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"It's
just an amazing thing," Allen said. "It shows what
private technology can do when you've got really
creative people trying to push the boundaries of
what's possible."
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SpaceShipOne
was carried by a specially designed jet aircraft to
an altitude of 48,000 feet Wednesday morning before
being released.
-----The
craft was traveling near Mach 1.2 when the rocket
shut down after firing for a total of 15 seconds.
Binnie then put the craft into a vertical climb
that topped out at 68,000 feet, the company said
Binnie reconfigured the craft to its conventional
shape and glided to touchdown when the left landing
gear collapsed.
-----Success
could bring Rutan a $10 million prize pledged to
the first privately funded manned space flight. His
cutting-edge designs include the first plane to
make a nonstop, unrefueled flight around the
world..
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