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Tuesday, August 10, 2004

A New Space Race 

The Olympics are fine, but the space-obsessed kid in me is waiting for the race a month later.

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SpaceShipOne's initial X-Prize launch is on September 29th.

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Wild Fire's initial X-Prize launch is on October 2nd.

The first fully reusable private manned spacecraft to make two flights into space within two weeks wins the Ansari X Prize of $10 million.

Meanwhile, it looks like Armadillo Aerospace and Space Transport Corp. (PDF) are not so close to liftoff (via Kate).
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