Sleek-Jet

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Posted: Oct. 06 2004,11:48 am |
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The X-prize has been won. ÂÂ
X-prize story
For those of you that don't know (and it's most of the population since the mass media has all but glossed this over), the X-prize is a competion to see who could make and fly the first civilian space vehicle (actually sub-orbital, but we have to start somewhere). Several teams were in the running, but Scaled composites got there first.
This whole exersize is to give the civilian space market a jump start, which it badly needs.
The next stop?? There is now a competition to field the first orbital civilian space vehicle, and the X-prise people are going to host an annual gathering in the New Mexico desert.
Edited by Sleek-Jet on Oct. 06 2004,11:52 am A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.
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