The next time you’re in the airport in Bakersfield, California (which may well be the first time), you’ll be greeted by a full-scale replica of SpaceShipOne. The SS1 model is hanging from the ceiling of the Bill Thomas Terminal of Meadows Field, the city’s commercial airport. Burt Rutan and Mike Melvill attended the unveiling Thursday, which was attended by “scores” of people, according to the Bakerafield Californian and two local TV stations, KGET and KERO. “About 10 years ago … I decided we were going to try to build a spaceship,” Rutan said at the event, according to the Californian. “I didn’t know at the time that the success of doing that might actually spawn a whole new industry.”
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