Most of you know that early this morning the first privately built spacecraft crossed the boundary into space. Appropriately named, SpaceShip One crossed over the 100KM altitude mark, entering the official realm of "Space" and entering the history books.
How will our descendants look back on this day?
100 years from now will the decendants of Hagar or Felix be on a board much like this (or whatever replaces forums) discussing the "Golden Age" of space travel?
Will our grandchildren have to learn the date for history classes?
Will FS 2104 (Bicenntenial of Flight) users be complaining about the flight modelling of SpaceShip One and asking how anybody managed to get it to fly into space?
It's almost impossible to put an event like this in proper perspective today, it's simply too immediate. I have a feeling though that this event will be remembered for a long time to come.
