Space Ship One wins X-Prize! - Xtreme Visual Basic Talk

11-07-2004, 10:14 PM

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Space Ship One wins X-Prize!

Woo Hoo! Burt Rutan Won the X-Prize!

Now He and Paul Allen have liscensed the technology to Sir Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. Their goal:

"To develop the world’s first privately funded spaceships dedicated to carrying commercial passengers on space flights."

Check it out!

Latest News on Space Ship One

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11-08-2004, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gruff

How much did it cost them to get it up there in the first place? Wasn't it like twice the prizemoney?

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11-08-2004, 02:54 AM

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Yeah, but the real prize isn't the $10M, it's the profits to be made from space tourism.

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11-08-2004, 09:02 AM

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I particularly liked Google's website logo on 10/4

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11-08-2004, 04:32 PM