Barney's Blog

Blog archive

A Real Vista Space Shot

This weekend, Microsoft started a contest with a pretty cool prize -- a trip into space! Clues were given in Las Vegas, and new ones will be released in other cities. According to the Robb Report (I can afford to buy the magazine, just not anything in it!), the Learjet-based spacecraft can reach 150,000 feet (at which point you can loosen but not undo your seatbelt), and cost a cool quarter-mil. The craft could beat Longhorn out the door, as flights could start as early as this fall.

I find it interesting that Microsoft didn't cut a deal with Paul Allen's SpaceShipOne. Allen's rocket can go more than twice as high as the one Microsoft hooked up with.

Posted by Doug Barney on January 17, 2007 at 11:52 AM


Featured

  • Microsoft Planning Additional Job Cuts in May

    Microsoft's ongoing layoffs are hitting its home turf, with new notices affecting 1,248 people in the Redmond, Bellevue and Issaquah, Wash. areas in May.

  • Microsoft's Loop App Now Available in Preview

    Microsoft's latest collaboration application, Loop, is now available as a public preview.

  • 2023 Microsoft Conference Calendar: For Partners, IT Pros and Developers

    Here's your guide to all the IT training sessions, partner meet-ups and annual Microsoft conferences you won't want to miss.

  • Microsoft To Add ISV Designations to MCPP

    Microsoft's top partner executives detailed several changes it plans to make to the 6-month-old Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP).