Peter Siebold
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Peter Siebold is one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. On 8 April, 2004, Siebold piloted the second powered test flight of SpaceShipOne, flight 13P, which reached a top speed of Mach 1.6 and an altitude of 32.0 kilometers.
Siebold holds a degree in aerospace engineering from California Polytechnic University; a design engineer at Scaled Composites since 1996, Siebold was responsible for the simulator, navigation system, and ground control system for the SpaceShipOne project.
Although he was only one of four qualified pilots for SpaceShipOne, Siebold did not fly one of the launches of the craft later in 2004 to meet the requirements of the Ansari X Prize.
External link
- Scaled Composites biography (http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/siebold.htm)