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X-Prize Cup Site Chosen: New Mexico

Posted by timothy on from the mutton-stew-and-frybread-and-oxidizers dept.

savuporo writes "MSNBC reports: "The X Prize Foundation and the New Mexico Office of Space Commercialization are joining forces to stage the multifaceted X Prize Cup, a two-week-long event that allows for privately financed, passenger-carrying space vehicles to compete for prizes.' The first Cup is expected to be held summer, 2006, while 2005 will probably see a 'Public Spaceflight Exposition.'"

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  1. Why not by ameoba · · Score: -1, Troll

    New Mexico seems like a perfect place for it. The odds of it hitting anything of value are pretty slim. Definately better odds than not getting hit by a falling bullet from some cholo shooting his gun in the air on New Year's...

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  2. Re:Nick Berg beheading video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first nick berg's head post.

  3. Applications of private spacecraft for terrorism by nounderscores · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry for interrupting the festivities, but I think we have a problem.

    Should private space craft become widely available, it would be theoretically possible to deliver (at the very least) a kinetic energy bomb to any point on the earth, at many times the speed of sound, using nothing more sophisticated than box cutters.

    How to fix?

  4. Great! by Phidoux · · Score: -1, Troll

    At last! I can ram a rocket up my mother-in-law's butt and put her into orbit AND win a prize! The bonus - She'll burn up on re-entry (evil grin).

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