SpaceShipOne has Ansari X Prize for 2 manned flights within 2 weeks (they did their 2nd flight within 6 days). Watch NASAs archived web cast of the first flight here , skip to about 2 hrs in to see the launch. Todays 2nd flight is archived here . Both launches took place at the Mojave Space Port . (Yes, that's not sci-fi anymore... we have an actual space port!) This is a truly great accomplishment as a privately funded, relatively inexpensive development (Paul Allen's investment has been estimated...