Rutan aims to be on X-Prize flight

Posted on: Aug. 5th, 2004 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

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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