Monday Is The Day
1701 PDT, 09.30.04: ANN, the official news pool service
representing the X Prize organization, has just learned that
SpaceShipOne has been released for launch this Monday, in the final
qualifying flight needed to win the $10 Million dollar Ansari X
Prize. X Prize Boss Peter Diamandis talked to ANN's Jim Campbell,
within minutes of an official discussion with Burt Rutan,
confirming that Rutan voiced a "95% confidence" in the schedule for
the breathlessly anticipated second launch attempt.