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  1. 10-04-2004, 12:58 PM #1
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    Road Trip!!! X-prize Won!

    Scaled Composites pulled it off! Whoot!
    "If it ain't the Devil's music, you ain't doin' it right" -- Chris Thomas King

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  2. 10-04-2004, 01:51 PM #2
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    What!!! They beat me to it?

    Congrats to Team Scaled Composites.
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    but maybe we should just remove all the safety lables and let nature take it's course"

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  3. 10-04-2004, 03:50 PM #3
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    Now the hard part: FIlk writers have to find a rhyme for Scaled Composites...
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  4. 10-04-2004, 03:55 PM #4
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    All the others had failed rocketses.

    OK, that was bad!

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  5. 10-05-2004, 04:34 AM #5
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    Now that it's all over I wonder what will happen to all of the other (serious) Xp-prize competitors? it would be a shame to dispatch all of the hard work they've done and the gathered expertise.. i hope some of it can be used and or they keep at it and go for it for the hell of it.. Who knows the other guys, without a multitrillionaire backer, might yet become the next space tourist company!
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  6. 10-05-2004, 10:18 AM #6
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    As my sister pointed out to me, privately owned spaceflight and space exploration will ultimately lead to FTL travel. It's just inevitable.
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  7. 10-05-2004, 10:35 AM #7
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    Well not really, someone has to work out if it's actually possible or practicable. Currently our best guesses are to build a pair of rings of superdense neutronium the size of the Earth's orbit.. most of everything else is hyperbole, it's not just a question of not having the interest or funding!
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  8. 10-05-2004, 02:06 PM #8
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    Originally posted by Tobian
    Now that it's all over I wonder what will happen to all of the other (serious) Xp-prize competitors? it would be a shame to dispatch all of the hard work they've done and the gathered expertise.. i hope some of it can be used and or they keep at it and go for it for the hell of it.. Who knows the other guys, without a multitrillionaire backer, might yet become the next space tourist company!
    X Prize evolves into annual competition

    It means that serious competitors would have a chance next year.

    CNN provided a gallery of this years competitors.

    X Prize
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  9. 10-06-2004, 05:15 PM #9
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    Considering Burt Rutan's record in aerial achievements, I would love to see someone offer a prize for a trip to Mars or Venus. I bet Rutan could do it if he put his mind to it.
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