First powered flight, Dec 17, 1903

[kallend 1,623]

From the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk to Yeager in the X1 - 44 years.

From the X1 to the Apollo 11 Moon landing - 22 years

X1 to commercial supersonic travel in Concorde - 29 years.

From the last Apollo mission to today - 44 years.

And today we need Russian rockets to get our astronauts to the ISS.

WTF!

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[JohnMitchell 14]

Sad indeed. I love the story of the Wright Brothers, and, with the help of their sister, their quest to solve the problems of flight.

One author I read posited that the problems of flight were so numerous that perhaps only a pair of focused siblings, living and learning together, was sufficient to crack the code.

[gowlerk 1,912]

But we have the Iphone 7. Designed in CA and made in CN.

Space travel is not flight by the way.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[kallend 1,623]

gowlerk

But we have the Iphone 7. Designed in CA and made in CN.

Space travel is not flight by the way.

Did I claim that the Wrights traveled in space? I don't think so.

And even if I had, you are still wrong:

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[muff528 3]

kallend

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And today we need Russian rockets to get our astronauts to the ISS.

WTF!

What's better than having a rocket?
Having a friend with a rocket!

Oh, wait! ....I mean "boat", not "rocket"!

[gowlerk 1,912]

I guess that would be a pointless argument. So sure, flight can happen in a vacuum.

The days of big space spending by the government are over for now. Space exploration will have to pay it's costs to advance, unless the military needs it. The Wright brothers did not have taxpayer support, and Elon Musk is trying to do as much as possible without it as well.

But advances in atmospheric flight are being made all the time. It's getting cheaper, more efficient, and safer. The future is still bright.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[ryoder 1,384]

gowlerk

But advances in atmospheric flight are being made all the time. It's getting cheaper, more efficient, and safer. The future is still bright.

Check out this video of an electric Extra: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/12/this-extra-330-is-the-fastest-climbing-electric-powered-airplane-ever/

I wish they hadn't put the music over it.
I'd like to hear what is really sounds like.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[RMK 3]

On a side note, I've always been bemused my North Carolina's claim/pride in the first flight (such as their "First in Flight" license plates).

The Wright brothers were from Ohio.

"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes"

[Ron 7]

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From the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk to Yeager in the X1 - 44 years.

From the X1 to the Apollo 11 Moon landing - 22 years

X1 to commercial supersonic travel in Concorde - 29 years.

From the last Apollo mission to today - 44 years.

And today we need Russian rockets to get our astronauts to the ISS.

We used to have a free press, now we also need the Russians there too!

What a world!

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[billeisele 122]

100 jumpers into Kitty Hawk for the 100th anniversary, that's all that matters

somehow all the jumpers and ground crew made it thru security with Bush and many others in attendance, the metal detectors were singing, after the first 3 jumpers with rigs some big dude in a black suit, ear bud and dark glasses waved us around security

still don't know how everyone made it past the sniffing dogs

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

[AlanS 1]

RMK

On a side note, I've always been bemused my North Carolina's claim/pride in the first flight (such as their "First in Flight" license plates).

The Wright brothers were from Ohio.

And as someone that grew up in Ohio I'm bemused by that license plate as well.

Two guys with a bicycle shop in Ohio did what many failed to accomplish and a state with a windy hill tries to take credit for.


Other people from Ohio.

First American is space... John Glenn.
First man on the moon... Neil Armstrong.

A lot of "the right stuff" but also humility in those two people.

[kallend 1,623]

AlanS

Two guys with a bicycle shop in Ohio did what every ivory tower academic since Leonardo Da Vinci failed to accomplish

Stupid statement.

Every human in the history of the world failed to accomplish it. Very few of them tried, or even cared.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[pchapman 261]

AlanS

First American is space... John Glenn.

So you wouldn't go up in Virgin Galactic's Spaceship even if you won a seat, because suborbital doesn't cut it for you?

[AlanS 1]

pchapman

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First American is space... John Glenn.

So you wouldn't go up in Virgin Galactic's Spaceship even if you won a seat, because suborbital doesn't cut it for you?


So your looking for the name Alan Shepard, which I forgot to include.

Alan Shepard ... there you go.

[BillyVance 34]

kallend

From the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk to Yeager in the X1 - 44 years.

From the X1 to the Apollo 11 Moon landing - 22 years

X1 to commercial supersonic travel in Concorde - 29 years.

From the last Apollo mission to today - 44 years.

And today we need Russian rockets to get our astronauts to the ISS.

WTF!

Factor in the costs of space research/construction/travel increasing at an astronomical rate and you see where we are now.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban