SpaceShipOne makes it to Space

by Vinny Carpenter on June 21, 2004

SpaceShipOne makes it to space today making it the first private manned spaceflight in history. I've been following this exciting story for a while now and this is great news. This is part of the race to win the XPrize, which is $10 million prize for a team the builds and launches a spaceship, able to carry 3 people to 100 kilometers, returns safely to Earth, and then repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks. The goal of the XPrize effort is to jumpstart the space tourism industry. Can't wait to see more details of this.

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