Space 'Shuttle' in Lounge Room
 Latest spacecraft - called the "Kitten" -
is a kit assembled aircraft and can be built at home just like any other homebuilt aircraft so the promoters advise the only difference is
that this machine is designed to go into (outer) space!
Dr Hill one of the promoters of the concept is quoted as saying "We have made the kit to be fairly simple so that a good mechanic would be able to assemble it in about 2000 hours"
So there you are - the latest 'gadget' for the mechanically minded to have a crack at!
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Kitten developers believe the craft will be purchased by extreme sports enthusiasts and universities seeking to conduct zero-gravity experiments
* The Kitten is the latest entrant in the X-Prize competition which offers $US10 million to the first private organization to launch successfully a reusable vehicle at least 100km into space
CFFC president James Hill said that "with a running cost of $US5000 per flight it is relatively inexpensive when compared to the cost of leasing other zero-gravity rockets"
Another rocket challenger click HERE
* Source:- The Australian 20 Sep'00
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