SpaceShipOne made it!

[Bill Door]

Now the question is how long until Microsoft Space Simulator 2005 comes out . What I am interested in is if it can just make it into space can it be used for long range travel?. You take a short flight into space then return and land on the other side of the world after a half hour flight, or do you have to actually make orbit to do such a thing?.

Why wait and pay for MS Space Simulator 2005 when you can get Orbiter now and for free? There is supposed to be a new Version coming out soon.

And yes, sub-orbital (aka, you get up there but don't go fast enough to make orbit) flights are a possible means of long distance flight.