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Subject: 
 X Prize has been won? ( was Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
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Date: 
 Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:18:50 GMT
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Looks like SpaceShipOne did it, just barely (not yet validated)

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/

and

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/obrien.blog/
(blog, a bit behind last I checked)

and

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html (this may change
but it's up to date now)



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  Some good news for a change, maybe?
 
(URL) us keep our fingers crossed that something comes of one or two of these pipe dream hobby projects... (note that the header of .space has a link to Scaled Composites website with their press release. As I said in .space, if anyone can win the X (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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