Unlike NASA, SpaceShipOne and other private pioneers can afford to ...
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SpaceShipOne - as much a work of art as a groundbreaking flying machine â-as recast the mold for spaceflight established by NASA largely because it doesn&#39;t have to worry
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A Las Vegas hotel magnate who is  hoping to build the world's first commercial space stations  offered $50 million on Monday to the creators of the first  privately funded spaceship to reach orbit.
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Sir Richard Branson announces that he has signed an agreement to develop the world&#39;s first privately funded space travel. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.
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The rocket plane SpaceShipOne, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft Corp. co- founder Paul Allen, won the $10 million competition aimed at creating a space tourism
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Now that SpaceShipOne has proved private companies can reach space, the next hurdle is finding investors -- an even more difficult task. By Dan Brekke.
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MOJAVE, California -- SpaceShipOne made history Monday and triumphed in the international Ansari X Prize race to launch the first privately built spacecraft.
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SpaceShipOne, which is solely funded by Paul G. Allen, was designed by aviation legend Burt Rutan and built by his company, Scaled Composites.
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A beefed-up motor will boost the power of a rocket vying for the $10 million human space flight prize. SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded craft to carry a person to the edge of space in June.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - Human    flight took a significant step forward today as the privately built SpaceShipOne    flew into suborbital space for the second time in five days, apparently securing    the &#36;10 million Ansari X Prize.
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A Canadian team vying for the $10 million X Prize is scrounging for parts, while the heavy favorite, Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, is ready for a launch next week. By Dan Brekke.
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You don't need $20 million to experience outer space. NASA now offers its own space shuttle simulator at Cape Canaveral
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One short flight for man, or the start of a long voyage for rich men. That&#39;s one way of looking at Monday&#39;s historic jaunt of the revolutionary spacecraft SpaceShipOne, which crossed the brink of space for the second time in six days.
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A MANNED rocket ship, financed entirely with private funds, reached the edge of space on Monday. The spaceship&#39;s builders and backers say the project&#39;s success marks a new age for commercial space tourism and travel.
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Creators of SpaceShipOne, the rocket plane that completed two manned space flights from a Southern California airport in a competition meant to promote private space travel, will get the $10
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US rocketship SpaceShipOne has blasted into space for the second time in five days, staking claim to a $10-million prize for the first private manned space travel and setting a new altitude record.
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The only private team to send a person to space expects to make one more flight on Monday to claim a $10 million prize. SpaceShipOne flew to 337,500 feet on Wednesday despite an unexpected roll during its rocket firing.
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The events of the days leading up to Wednesdayâs flight of SpaceShipOne had generated considerable momentum for space tourism and commercial space development in general.