Rutan aims to be on X-Prize flight

Published: Thu Aug 5th, 2004
Source: news.bbc.co.uk



The aviation pioneer behind SpaceShipOne, Burt Rutan, has said he aims to fill the passenger seat during the craft's second X-Prize flight.

SpaceShipOne became the first private manned craft to go to space in June.

Its next trips are to win the Ansari X-Prize, which rewards the team to twice send a three-person craft over 100km.
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