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Canadian Team To Launch X-Prize Attempt Oct. 2

Posted by timothy on from the balloon-ascension dept.

FreeHeel writes "A second team of rocketeers competing for the $10 million Ansari X Prize, a contest for privately funded suborbital space flight, has officially announced the first launch date for its manned rocket. The da Vinci Project, led by Brian Feeney of Toronto, Ontario, said Thursday the group plans to loft its Wild Fire Mark VI spacecraft on Oct. 2, just days after the planned launch of another X Prize contender, the U.S-based SpaceShipOne. The balloon-launched Wild Fire event will be followed by a second launch within two weeks to snag the X Prize purse, according to the plan."

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  1. $10M US? That's like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...In canada, $10M US is practically enough to buy the entire country, not including Niagra Falls.

    You could take over in Canada for $10M, bang the prime minister's wifre, and have change left over for a decent meal in New York.

  2. yeah.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    knowing canadian intelligence, this rocket will be found approximately 4 miles beneath the earth surface, come october.

    CAN A DUH