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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:Don't worry too much by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    True. His primary competition is from Armadillo. Armadillo could probably launch tomorrow, and maybe even be lucky enough to complete the flight. But they're taking the wise course, and getting the bugs worked out of their system first. :-)

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  2. This won't be the first time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Canadians have put something in space. A guy called Gerald Bull used to routinely shoot things 100 km up. If he hadn't been murdered, probably by a spy, he probably would have put a satellite in orbit.

    I'm suprised that no one has made a movie about him. The following link is definately worth a look:

    www.astronautix.com/articles/abroject.htm