GLITCHES encountered by SpaceShipOne during its historic flight to the edge of space have been fixed, and the spacecraft could make a bid for the $10 million X prize within three months.
One of the problems pilot Mike Melvill faced on the 100-kilometre-high flight on 21 June was with the spacecraft’s attitude controller: he was unable to control the craft’s orientation and had to switch to a backup system. The problem was traced to an actuator that had hit a stop, preventing it from moving the craft’s flaps, and has been fixed.
Speaking on US television, Melvill claimed that Scaled…
