Two independent groups seeking to win a private, US$10 million space-travel contest known as the X Prize have announced they are closer to meeting the terms for the prize, with back-to-back, manned flights planned for the fall. The SpaceShipOne team, which achieved mankind’s first private space flight with a person in the Mojave Desert last month, gave 60 days notice that it will attempt to add the weight of two more people and fly 100 kilometers to the edge of space twice within two weeks.
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US, Canadian X Prize Teams Schedule Launches
Posted by: Jay Lyman July 28, 2004 09:01 AMTwo independent groups seeking to win a private, US$10 million space-travel contest known as the X Prize have announced they are closer to meeting the terms for the prize, with back-to-back, manned flights planned for the fall. The SpaceShipOne team, which achieved mankind’s first private space flight with a person in the Mojave Desert last month, gave 60 days notice that it will attempt to add the weight of two more people and fly 100 kilometers to the edge of space twice within two weeks.