Your Obedient Serpent (athelind) wrote,
Your Obedient Serpent
athelind
  • Mood: jubilant
  • Music: "Noisy" Rhysling -- The Green Hills of Earth

TOUCHDOWN

Mike Melville has brought Spaceship One in for a landing after touching the edge of space once again. It has not yet been determined if this flight meets the requirements of the X-Prize.

There are tears in my eyes. The ship had a camera on board feeding live footage. We saw the Earth from space again. Oh, gods, I needed this. We ALL needed this. In the midst of all the tawdry greed and tragedy wracking out world, to know that we can still raise our heads and touch the sky...
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