X Prize evolves into annual competition

Source URL: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/05/spaceshipone.race.ap/index.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/271

MOJAVE, California (AP) -- Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations.

The privately owned SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize on Monday by blasting into space for the second time in five days, a feat considered the first stepping-stone in the direction of public spaceflight.

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