Have you ever wondered what it would be like to float weightless
in space… looking down at the big blue marble from high
above the Earth? Not since NASA's Apollo missions have Americans
had space so much on their minds… thanks to the X-Prize. A
few weeks ago, Burt Rutan's company won that $10 million award by
becoming the first to fly to the very edge of space twice inside a
week. It's proof that governments' monopoly on space travel has
been broken. Now, a lot of companies are springing up…
hoping to cash in on this new fascination with space. One of them
is based in Fort Lauderdale.
Think of what you could do with $10 Million bucks...
The $10 million ANSARI X PRIZE will be awarded to Scaled
Composites, LLC, creators of SpaceShipOne, during a special
ceremony and public rally Sat., Nov. 6, 2004, 10-11:30 am, at St.
Louis University High School's athletic field next to the St. Louis
Science Center, 5050 Oakland Ave., St. Louis, MO. Burt Rutan,
Scaled Composite's team leader, will accept the check from Peter
Diamandis, MD, chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation.
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