Space Race 2.0 has Begun · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday February 17, 2006 @08:27PM from the waiting-for-an-elevator dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC has a story about a second company starting up to compete with Virgin Galactic. Both are planning on operating passenger sub-orbital flights. Will this new Space Race usher in more new technologies into our daily lives, like the previous one? Will the competition to go higher/faster lead to orbital tourism?" From the article: "The company that helped put three millionaires into orbit has teamed up with Russia's Federal Space Agency and the financial backers of the $10 million Ansari X Prize to develop a new breed of suborbital passenger spaceship. Thursday's announcement by Virginia-based Space Adventures herald the entry of new international players in the commercial space race -- a race that is expected to enter a critical phase in the next year or two."

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Yay by jibjibjib · 2006-02-17 20:30 · Score: 0, Redundant

Yay, space race 2!
Except this time the US isn't competing.
Come on show some ambition!! by sparkydevil · 2006-02-17 20:47 · Score: 0, Redundant

Let's go for Space Race 3.0!!!
Re:Oh hear me my children... by Basehart · 2006-02-17 23:57 · Score: 0, Redundant

Give us this day our daily dehydrated space food.
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our sponsors.
And lead us into space exploration.
Etc Etc.
Amen