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Me: How does it feel to know that your company has something there in the Smithsonian, next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1?

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Me: How does it feel to know that your company has something there in the Smithsonian, next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1?

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

 Chuck Yeager became the first to break the sound barrier, when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 670 mph in level flight (October 14, 1947).

Five People Born on February 23 | myFiveBest 2010

Me: How does it feel to know that your company has something there in the Smithsonian, next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1?

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Britain was significantly ahead of the Bell X-1 project for a number of years.

Today's Video: Skylon Mission Animation - NASA Watch 2009

So total taxes owed in this instance would be just X-1/X.

Matthew Yglesias » Budget Doom 2010

Me: How does it feel to know that your company has something there in the Smithsonian, next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1?

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

After graduating from Harvard in 1949 with a degree in geosciences, Mr. Ordway went to work for Reaction Motors, which built engines for the X-1 and X-15 experimental rocket planes.

Sunday Reading 2009

Me: How does it feel to know that your company has something there in the Smithsonian, next to the Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1?

Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011

Obviously this has many parallels with the SpaceShip One/WhiteKnight concept except it is MUCH more ambitious and a throwback to the X-1 X-15 flights.

Space Plane Idea for Laug Haul Flights Resurrected by Virgin - NASA Watch 2009