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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:Clarify by IronMagnus · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, seeing as this decade, century, and millennium all started on Jan 01, 2001, it should be by Dec 31, 2010, as Jan 01, 2011 will be the first day of the next decade.