This collection of entries is from October 04, 2004.
I think I just found out what I'd do with part of my Lottery winnings... when I hit the big one... someday...
Nieman Marcus (in their wonderful Christmas Book) has something called a Lifetime AAirpass from American Airlines. Imagine being able to book any open seat in any cabin of any flight within American Airlines. Yes, even First Class.
4,200 daily flights to 250 cities in more than 40 countries around the globe. For the rest of your life. Period.
The problem is the price (hence the need to win the Lotto) - $3,000000 (a second card is only $2,000,000 so it'll be $5,000,000 per couple.)
On October 4, 1957, Sputnik, the first satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union.
Flash forward 47 years.
The second-qualifying flight by SpaceShipOne was successful, as the craft made it -according to an Edwards Air Force Base radar track - to 368,000 377,591 feet, well over the 328,000 feet required as the defined threshold of space, beating the X-15's top altitude of 354,200 feet (67 miles) set on August 22, 1963.
The pilot this time was Brian Binnie, and there was absolutely no indication of the 29 rolls that Mike Melvill experienced last week.