Godspeed Mike Melville
Test pilot Michael Melville has been tapped this morning to become the world's first true private-citizen astronaut.
At 6:30 a.m. Pacific time (it's 3:45 Pacific as I type this), Melville is scheduled to pilot Spaceship One into space.
Does anyone know if any of the news networks or any other source will be broadcasting the flight? If so please leave me a comment.
This is like witnessing the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. I've got goosebumps.
* Update * I may not be at my computer when the big event arrives but I'm told CNN will be broadcasting the event, and I'm quite certain that Rand Simberg will be having regular updates so be sure to check in with him!
Turn to CNN. They'll be showing it.
Thanks Maureen. Noted!
MSNBC also broadcast the launch live, and has a link to streaming video, the link (MS IE on Win only!) is
in the body of the story at this url:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5236958/
They probably be posting updated clips, etc. as things progress (now we've got an hour or so till seperation!)