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Canadian X-Prize Entry Gearing Up

Posted by michael on from the hold-your-breath,-eh dept.

lommer writes "The Globe and Mail has a piece up about the Canadian Da Vinci team which is making a bid for the X-prize. The team has finalized a launch location (Kindersley, Saskatchewan) and will announce a launch date this month. Meanwhile, Burt Rutan and Co. over at Scaled Composites appear to be back on track with a succesful test flight on March 11 after their December crash. One has to wonder, with launch dates being set, will some projects step up and attempt a flight without being fully ready for it?"

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  1. Re:Launching from Saskatchewan? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ah, but this is the beauty of the XPrize. You aren't required to reach orbit, just a certain altitude.

    Hence, launching anywhere works!