SpaceShipOne Repeats Its Feat

KingFishKingFish
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
SpaceShipOne, the craft that breached the Earth's atmosphere last week, won the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private space travel on Monday when it repeated its feat of reaching 100km.
Just after 8 a.m. PDT, CNN reported that SpaceShipOne reached an altitude of 368,000 feet--well above the 328,000 feet, or 100km, minimum altitude required to win the prize. The second voyage of Paul Allen's Mojave Aerospace Ventures craft was an attempt to reach 100km, or 62 miles, in altitude, considered the edge of Earth and space. The craft first broke the 100km mark Wednesday, completing the first of two steps needed to win the prize.
Congrats again SpaceShipOne -KF

Source: ZDNet

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