SpaceShipOne

Just been following the exploits of SpaceShipOne, which just having completed a successful flight of a 100 km into space, may soon win a 100 million dollar prize for being the first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back. The rules of the Annsari X-Foundation demand two flights within two weeks that attain 100 km in height - the official boundary where space starts. The flights have been taking off and landing at the Mojave airport, which we accidentally detoured to this summer when we were driving through California. It was a weird looking place, small town, yet big airport, scores of miles from any other habitation, in the middle of a huge desert.