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X Prize Awarded To Space Pioneers
St Louis MO (UPI) Nov 07, 2004 Mojave Aerospace Ventures has won the Ansari X Prize and has been presented with a $10 million prize in St. Louis, Mo. The space race winners, lead by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and billionaire Paul Allen, were presented with their prize Saturday at the St. Louis Science Center, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday. Mojave was awarded the prize for sending astronauts Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie into space twice in one week, Sept. 29 and Oct. 4. The astronauts piloted SpaceShipOne, a privately designed rocket ship. "All of you will have a chance to go to the stars," prize creator Peter Diamandis told the crowd in the stadium bleachers. "Know it in your heart, it's not an if - it's a when." Rutan said he hopes to offer commercial space tours by the end of 2007. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
Space Race 2: The Feds Weigh In
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Jan 11, 2005The Bush administration, with little fanfare, last week unveiled the first update in a decade to the country's official space transportation policy. |
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