EDITORIAL ANOTHER GIANT LEAP THE FINAL FRONTIER OF SPACE TRAVEL HAS BEEN OPENED UP TO EVERYONE.(Editorial)(Editorial)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 23, 2004 | Copyright information

THE maiden flight of SpaceShipOne on Monday marked a giant leap toward the next era of space exploration - opening the way for ordinary people to become astronauts.

The craft, which took off from Mojave Airport on Monday and soared 62 miles above the earth, was designed and launched not by the U.S. military and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, but by private developer Burt Rutan and investors.

Despite the billions spent on space travel over t...

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