XPrize AMA: Hi I’m Mike Melvill, the world’s first commercial (non-governmental) astronaut. Self-taught engineer, I took up piloting mid-life and went on to fly the first private spacecraft into space at 63. AMA!

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Hi Reddit!

I have flown a lot of weird looking planes, even riding on top of one like a jockey rides a horse. I love to build things, and I still fly a home built plane (a Long-EZ) I made many decades ago. You can read about me in a new book called How to Make a Spaceship, by Julian Guthrie.

I will be back at 3 pm ET, ask me anything!

">XPrize AMA: Hi I’m Mike Melvill, the world’s first commercial (non-governmental) astronaut. Self-taught engineer, I took up piloting mid-life and went on to fly the first private spacecraft into space at 63. AMA!