Some better events of 2004 with some pics to come.

 

SpaceShipOne is a suborbital air-launched spaceplane that completed the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it won the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Itsmother ship was named "White Knight". Both craft were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint venture between Paul Allenand Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

 

 

 

8 Sung-Chih Road, Hsin-Yi DistrictTaipei Taiwan

 

Status:

built

Construction Dates

  Began

1998

  Finished

2004

Floor Count

101

Basement Floors

5

Floor Area

412,500 m²

Building Uses

 - office

 - communication

 - conference

 - library

 - observation

 - restaurant

 - retail

 - fitness center

Structural Types

 - highrise

 - tuned mass damper

 - pole

Architectural Style

 - pagoda style

Materials

 - glass

 - steel

 

Heights

 

Value

 

Source / Comments

 

 

 

Spire

 

1667 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roof

 

1470 ft

 

Architect plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top floor

 

1437 ft

 

Architect plans

 

 

101st floor, Observation deck (inside)

 

 

 

 

Floor 91

 

1282 ft

 

Architect plans

 

 

Observation deck (outside)

 

 

 

 

Floor 89

 

1254 ft

 

Architect plans

 

 

Observation deck (inside)

 

 

 

 

Floor 86

 

1213 ft

 

Architect plans

 

 

Club house

 

 

 

 

Floor 12

 

207 ft

 

 

 

 

Podium roof (highest point)

 

 

 

 

Floor 6

 

124 ft

 

 

 

 

Podium main roof

 

 

 

 

Ground level

 

0 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sea level

 

-4 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floor b5

 

-103 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Queen Mary 

 

RMS Queen Mary 2 is a transatlantic ocean liner. She was the first major ocean liner built since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the Cunard Line. The new ship was named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the firstRMS Queen Mary, completed in 1936. Queen Mary was in turn named after Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. With the retirement ofQueen Elizabeth 2 from active duty in 2008, Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner in line service between Southampton andNew York, which operates for part of each year. The ship is also used for cruising, including an annual world cruise.[9]