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: mabfan (Michael A. Burstein) (mabfan) wrote,
2005-06-21 07:52:00

mabfan (Michael A. Burstein)
mabfan
2005-06-21 07:52:00

This Day In History, 2004: SpaceShipOne

One year ago today, pilot Mike Melvill of Tier One made history by piloting SpaceShipOne into outer space, the first privately-funded human spaceflight. A few months later, SpaceShipOne made two more flights into outer space within a fourteen-day period, winning the Ansari X-Prize.

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This Day In History, 2004: SpaceShipOne

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Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society, and My Teaching

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