SpaceShipOne, the privately-developed spacecraft named very much like it was in the G.I. Joe fleet, blasted into space today. And in so doing, CNN tells us, into history.

Unfortunately, judging by his words after coming down, astronaught Mike Melvill was on acid during the whole... ah, trip.

Looking from the Earth up there, you know, it's almost a religious experience. It's an awesome thing to see. You can see the curvature of the Earth. I could see all the way out, way out past the islands off the coast of Los Angeles.

Melvill added, that "the colors were pretty staggering."


Fuckin' A.

Analogcabin @ 2:38 PM
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