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First Private Manned Orbital Flight Announced on Monday September 14, @11:33AM (spaceports.blogspot.com)
3 points by edw519 on Sept 14, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



This plan is so unlikely that I wonder if the company is a scam. The company website has more details at http://www.interorbital.com.

They will send a crew on the first test flight of their new launcher. They are reckless. You test a new launch system in steps instead of trying to integrate everything on the first try. The launcher only takes 1000 kg to LEO. How will that accomodate an (also untested) crew capsule?

They are selling moon rocks too--from their upcoming lunar sample return mission.


wow the site looks like its straight out of 1996




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