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Re: SpaceShipOne captures X-prize!
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The guy behind the X Prize, Peter Diamandis, has just announced an annual competition called the "X Prize Cup", sort of like NASCAR for spacecraft. Prize categories are expected to include altitude, speed, passenger capacity, etc.
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I can start to imagine the problems involved with with a safe orbital flight. Basically I wonder how anyone would managed to avoid the countless numbers of space debris without it destroying anything. Im surprised NASA has never had this problem.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 04-10-2004 at 17:45.
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