TheSpaceReview: SpaceShipOne Flight Prelude to history?

Posted on: Jun. 21st, 2004 || Source: thespacereview.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Looking out the window of the media center at the Mojave Airport, you might imagine that you’re 150 kilometers to the southwest at LAX. Sitting in the distance on the airport tarmac is a line of jets: a Swissair DC-10, a Hawaiian Airlines DC-10, and a KLM 747, among others. These aircraft, of course, aren’t readying for takeoff; they’re just a few of the hundreds of jets in long-term storage at the airport. Those aircraft disguise the reality that this is a sleepy little airport, operating at just a few percent of its capacity.

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