Looks like Space is open for business. SpaceShipOne made it well over the required height in far less than the required time and ought to claim the X-Prize whenever the check gets written. With Virgin Galactic ready to sign contracts on the dotted line I’d say we’re off and running.
Too bad we live in such jaded times. This is an achievement every bit as momentous – if not necessarily as impressive – as Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic. A new era has begun; even if nobody realizes it yet.