June 21st, 2004, 06:11 PM
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Re: SpaceShipOne made it!
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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
Now all he needs to do is get that bird up there again within 2 weeks and he can claim the $10,000,000 X-Prize. (does anyone know if a second flight is already scheduled?)
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This wasn't an X-prize flight. This was just the latest in the series of test flights. It's important because this is the first to cross the 62 mile boundary. To win the X-prize they will need to have three people on board like Gandalph said.
[ June 21, 2004, 17:13: Message edited by: geoschmo ]
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