Rough ride won&#39;t stop next X Prize shot
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The rolling experienced by SpaceShipOne on its first Ansari X Prize flight on Wednesday will not jeopardise the team&#39;s chances of winning the $10 million purse, team members said in a post-flight briefing.
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A Canadian was forced to delay its first launch in the X Prize competition, an international race to put civilians into space. First prize is US$10 million.
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Despite 33 victories in the last four years, Annika Sorenstam keeps saying that winning is not as easy as she makes it look. Not many could argue with her at the season-ending ADT Championship.
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When the year&#39;s most eagerly awaited Test series starts here tomorrow Australia, who have dominated the world game since the fading of West Indies a dozen years ago, will feel the uncommon pressure of having to prove a point.
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This weekend sees the F1 circus return to Suzuka, well known for its figure of 8 design and demanding series of âessesâ. The circuit is very tough on both tyres and drivers, which should make for a good race.
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The HSBC World Match Play Championship has gone to Ernie Els which doesn&#39;t necessarily surprise anyone, but it wasn&#39;t all plain sailing for Els in the four matches he played.
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RENAULT&#39;S Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore paid the Shanghai International Circuit the greatest compliment when he said yesterday: &#39;It&#39;s going to be difficult to beat this one.
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PARIS Horse racing can be a tough sport to follow. There&#39;s no World Series, no Final Four, no definitive crowning of a single champion.
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Aspirations doomed for another year The sole remaining contender to win a prize for privately-built rocket lander systems exploded yesterday, ending hopes that the prize might be won this year.â¦
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A series of X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.
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Competition makes for a dreary outlook for the company.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- It might be hard to believe, after the most thorough beating ever taken by a US Ryder Cup team, but things don&#39;t look to get any better for the Americans.
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The route for next year&#39;s Tour de France may provide the stiffest test yet for the six-times winner, Lance Armstrong. Or perhaps not.
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Ellen MacArthur faces strong gales as her round-the-world record bid nears its end.
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LOS ANGELES NASA is is hoping to up the ante when it comes to speed. Later today it&#39;ll set loose its third X-43-A &quot;scramjet&quot; over the Pacific Ocean.
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MOJAVE, Calif. The builders of SpaceShipOne are trying to decide whether to proceed with another flight into space next week to win the 10 (m) million dollar X Prize.
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You can&#39;t say that Burt Rutan and the space pioneers at Mojave, Calif.-based Scaled Composites don&#39;t know how to put on a good show.