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Monday, June 21, 2004

First private space flight

It's a great day for space exploration, the first private space voyage was just completed today. The company website has details on the project and lots of photos. Congrats to Paul G. Allen (yes, him) and Burt Rutan! It's exciting that we're so close to someone wining the X Prize. It's $10 million to the first company that
  • Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carry 3 people to 100 km
  • Returns safely to Earth
  • Repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks

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