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SpaceShipOne and Wild Fire to Go For the Gold

Posted by michael on from the ken-jennings-is-going-to-win-that-much-anyway dept.

Fizzleboink writes "Space.com reports that with the upcoming January 1, 2005 deadline for the $10 million Ansari X Prize, Rutan and his team have given their official 60 day notice. Brian Feeney, leader of the Canadian da Vinci Project also reported today that his team is rolling out on August 5 with the balloon-lofted Wild Fire rocket."

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  1. Canadian Content by edwardog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Glad to see that there's some Canadian content! Hope it doesn't turn into another Avro Arrow...

    1. Re:Canadian Content by DeeBs · · Score: 4, Funny

      It figures. Rutan et all have a sleek, high tech rubber composite powered spaceship carried by a state of the art high altitude airplane. We have a kerosene powered rocket lifted into the air by a balloon.