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May 14th 04, 04:28 AM
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"B2431" wrote in message ... From: "Casey Wilson" "Thomas J. Paladino Jr." wrote in message . .. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4970837/ Exciting stuff! Rutan's SpaceShipOne hit 200,000 feet today over their Mojave test site. Won't be long now I guess. Only 120,000 more feet straight up and they've made the first qualifying flight for the $10 million X-Prize. The rumor I heard was they only put on half a load of propellant, today. My guess is they will go all out within two weeks. Close, but no cigar. Besides the error in your math the X-prize requires that 3 people be in the vehicle in both flights and that the flights be no more than 7 days apart. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Is there any other group with comparable results or a "close second"? Larry 
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