Hi ...
I saw the following in Space.com's World Space Congress coverage:
> X PRIZE: $10 million is up for grabs
>
> The X Prize Foundation has got money in the bank. $10 million is up
> for grabs for the first team to complete a three-person spacecraft
> roundtrip trek to some 60 miles (100 kilometers) to the edge of space
> and return to terra firma. That same vehicle must demonstrate
> reusability by flying again within two-weeks.
>
> "The $10 million is in place," said Peter Diamandis, Chairman and
> Founder of the X Prize in St. Louis, Missouri. That money is secure
> and available to January 1, 2005 he announced today at the World Space
> Congress.
>
> The X Prize competition is heating up.
>
> Two new teams have been accepted into the ranks of those vying for the
> prize purse. They are: Armadillo Aerospace and ARDA of Bucharest,
> Romania. Also, it was announced today that Pablo De Leon, President of
> De Leon Technologies and head of the Argentinean X Prize team, is
> ready to fly a half-scale vehicle in the first half of 2003. Other
> teams also consider 2003 a turning point for vehicle trial runs too.
Gentlemen ... start your rockets.
Michael
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