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X-Prize Progress Update

Posted by michael on from the wild-black-yonder dept.

savuporo writes "The X-Prize organization has released a summary document (PDF), detailing the recent progress and immediate plans of 13 different competing teams, of those who have publicised information of significant hardware development (there are a total of 27 officially listed competitors from seven nations by now). Some details: quite a few teams are expecting to do full-scale or subscale powered flight tests soon, some as early as January 2004. Burt Rutan can still be considered as leading the pack, but others are not too far behind, and the winner is far from certain. Armadillo Aerospace states that some US teams are hindered more by regulatory hassles, than technical issues. Speaking of Armadillo, the team has just released a very special video, commemorating tomorrow's 100th anniversary of powered flight."

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  1. Re:lol by Exiler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The only thing right about this post is the assumption that WWIII will be started by someone in the US. (Note:I'm an american)

    --
    Banaaaana!
  2. Autumn F.U.N.! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A young Japanese girl plays with fallen maple leaves as she enjoys the red and golden autumn countryside in Tsumagoi village, north of Tokyo.

  3. Standardizing on hexadecimal? by Thinkit3 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We've already seen the disastrous consequences of using two different systems with metric/English leading to the downing of the Mars surveyor. All our computers work with binary, so why not standardize on hexadecimal? SI can work with any radix, after all (use base units, and the kilogram).

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    -Libertarian secular transhumanist
  4. Re:lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The only thing right about this post is the assumption that WWIII will be started by someone in the US. (Note:I'm an american)

    Where's the "note" about you being a cynical, jaded conspiracy theorist? Seems to fit, anyway...

  5. I HATE GNU By The Dead Kennedy's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I HATE GNU by the Dead Kennedys

    I Hate GNU
    (Fuck YOU!!)
    I Hate GNU
    (Fuck YOU!!)
    DIE!

  6. Re:Rutan is ready to flight-test the rocket motor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post in a brooce perens thread

  7. Re:Rutan is ready to flight-test the rocket motor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Stick what in my ear, Lover? *tee hee*

    If your thinking what im thinking.... then yes, you may stick it in my ear.... hard and fast.

    Orgasmically Yours,
    GeekGrrl Troll

  8. Re:Rutan is ready to flight-test the rocket motor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Is it wrong that a troll made me genuinly laugh? I feel dirty.

    ROFL!

  9. Re:Rutan is ready to flight-test the rocket motor by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My autograph and $1.10 will get you a ride on the New York subway. :-)

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    Bruce Perens.