Go Burt Go! From Space.com: A project to create a passenger-carrying suborbital rocket took a major step forward August 7 -- the first glide flight of SpaceShipOne, built by Scaled Composites of Mojave, California. The space ship was hauled skyward attached to the White Knight carrier craft, then released from altitude to glide under a pilot’s control to a desert landing. The SpaceShipOne was launched at 47,000 feet, some 10 nautical miles east of Mojave, California. Full story here More coverage at Scaled Composites,X-Prize & New Scientist Fantastic!
