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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. what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's an X-Prize?

  2. Asstard Mods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a prefectly good question. How is this a troll?

    Justify it or please stop abusing your mod privileges.

  3. TYPICAL SLASHDOT MODERATION FAGGOTRY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "OOOOooohhh, he doesn't know what the X-PRIZE is! Mod him down! Now I can get back to playing The Sims here in my parent's basement and chowing down on fattening snack foods, never to know the touch of a woman!"

  4. who cares by nil5 · · Score: -1, Troll

    stop with the nonsense, morons.

    you can't stop me, and you can't stop the truth

    X PRIZE is backed by the aliens

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

    Third post in a bruce perens thread!

    Bruce! Can I get your autograph? Please sign my post by replying to this.

    Thank you!!!!!!,
    GeekGrrl Troll