Black Sky: Space Ship One documentary on Science Channel

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The Science Channel aired a documentary titled "Black Sky," providing a comprehensive two-hour exploration of Scaled Composites' operations and Burt Rutan's contributions to aerospace. The documentary features exclusive footage of the White Knight carrier plane's construction and the test flights of Space Ship One. Upcoming airings include October 7 at 9 PM EST and October 12 at 8 PM EST, with additional broadcasts on the Discovery Channel on October 10 at 4 PM EST. Viewers are encouraged to set their recording devices for these events.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with aerospace engineering concepts
  • Understanding of the XPRIZE competition and its significance
  • Knowledge of documentary filmmaking techniques
  • Awareness of Scaled Composites and its role in space exploration
NEXT STEPS
  • Research the history and achievements of Burt Rutan in aerospace innovation
  • Explore the technical specifications and design of Space Ship One
  • Investigate the impact of the XPRIZE on commercial spaceflight
  • Watch other documentaries related to space exploration on the Science Channel
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Aerospace enthusiasts, documentary filmmakers, students of aerospace engineering, and anyone interested in the evolution of commercial space travel will benefit from this discussion.

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Science Channel showed last night a documentary called "Black Sky" that was a 2 hour behind the scenes look at the operations at Scaled Composities and a short history of Burt Rutan. They have footage of the construction of the carrier plane White Knight and the test flights of Space Ship One.

According to a commercial, it is playing this Thursday October 7 at 9pm EST.

According to a commercial this morning during live coverage of the 2nd attempt in 2 weeks the "Black Sky" documentary is playing Tuesday October 12 at 8pm EST followed by program called "Victory" at 10pm EST which is a condensed version of today's live coverage.

Those interested may want to set their recording devices of choice. :wink:

Cliff

P.S. If you visit the science channel website, its pretty much top news right now and according to the website "Black Sky" is also on October 10 at 4pm EST on the Discovery Channel.

http://science.discovery.com/convergence/raceforspace/raceforspace.html

http://dsc.discovery.com/schedule/episode.jsp?episode=0&cpi=24963&gid=0&channel=DSC
 
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