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Scaled Composites, the X-Prize competitor funded by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, and led by aviation uber-genius Burt Rutan, has scheduled a test flight that, if successful, will be the first space launch in history by the private sector. SpaceShipOne will rocket to 100 kilometers (62 miles) into sub-orbital space above ...

Virgin Galactic has stated that if it's current planned craft, SpaceShipTwo, is successful, they'll try to build an orbital vehicle, SpaceShipThree. Orbital vehicle SpaceShipThree (SS3) will be developed by space tourism company Virgin Galactic and Mojave-based SpaceShipTwo (SS2)-developer Scaled Composites, if the planned SS2 suborbital service is successful, says Virgin ...

Fauxto... like photo: I don't want to look too hard into this, lest my head explode like it did with the Tibco thing last year. It's scaled-down Photoshop in a browser, and it's pretty well-done. It rivals WebImageFX, which is the only other thing I've seen on this level.

nanopublishing: I always knew we'd latch onto the "nano" craze somehow. nanopublishing (nan.oh.PUB.lish.ing) n. An online publishing model that uses a scaled-down, inexpensive operation to reach a targeted audience, especially by using blogging techniques. Also: nano-publishing. nanopublisher n. They use Nick Denton and Gizmodo as examples.

Private spacecraft makes historic launch: SpaceShipOne is in the air as I write this, trying to become the first private, manned vehicle in space. I wish them every success toward this goal. Thousands gathered in the Mojave Desert to watch the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private manned space flight. ...

Virgin Galactic: Richard Branson, that hot air balloning nut and playboy of the airline business, has created a new company to offer paid spaceflights. He's entered a deal with Scaled Composites to license the technology behind SpaceShipOne. By the end of the decade, Virgin Galactic the most exciting development ...

Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne made its first X-Prize attempt this morning. Early measurements indicate that the craft made it to space, but it did so rifled-bullet style, rolling rapidly. The engines were shut down 11 seconds early as a result. A sudden roll due to a stuck actuator had also caused ...

That is, Global Flyer To Launch Today IF it can get off the ground. The Global Flyer, another Scaled Composite-built brainchild of Burt Rutan, is a jet-propelled kissin' cousin to the prop-driven Voyager. Voyager was the first aircraft to ever circumnavigate the globe non-stop, and Global Flyer hopes to do ...

Our friends at Jalopnik had themselves a hot Question Of The Day today that dovetails nicely with a recent discussion here at Gadgetopia; Are Hybrids Bunk? Some pretty opinionated opining going on there. Hybrids in general and the Prius in particular are like Macs in a way; they re ...

I'm interested in finding a nice, lightweight, WYSIWYG HTML editor for use by non-developers. In this scenario, as I'm sure you know, is not havig too little functionality, but having too much. I haven't found one yet that I'm comfortable unleashing on non-developer content editors. How about FrontPage or Dreamweaver, ...

Well, maybe not that far. Yet. The FAA on Wednesday licensed the first private rocket, and has given the green light for a real sub-orbital space flight. Burt Rutan and his California-based Scaled Composites have built SpaceShipOne, a funny looking rocket-powered plane that Burt hopes will usher in "a renaissance ...

Cold Fusion: Enterprise ready?: We tend to dump on ColdFusion around here a bit, but I ve been interested in this discussion over at LinkedIn Answers. It started off with someone asking if ColdFusion was enterprise ready. I m surprised by some spirited and well-reasoned answers in ColdFusion s favor. CF has been ...