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After the X Prize

Posted by michael on from the lottery-ticket dept.

rscrawford writes "'Robert Bigelow, chief of Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace, is apparently setting higher goals for private spaceflight endeavors with America's Space Prize, a $50 million race to build an orbital vehicle capable of carrying up to seven astronauts to an orbital outpost by the end of the decade,' according to Space.com. Anyone think it'll happen?"

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  1. Re:Virgin by leerpm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Whoa! Deja vu!

    I just saw this story this morning on Slashdot about Virgin going into this kind of thing

  2. Re:about as likely as... by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nice try, but it didn't happen for you this time. You have to have a lower UID and/or post much earlier to get the sympathy moderation.

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