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SpaceShipOne wins $10 million prize

A privately funded rockethas won a $ 10 million US dollar prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft, report agencies. SpaceShipOne, commanded by test pilot Brian Binnie touched down......

Design space ship & win $10mn

Revolutionary new experiments spurred by prize money have triggered hopes that space tourism would become a reality in the near future.Twenty-seven teams from seven countries are in the fray to......

A low-cost space trip? Hop into this stunning plane!

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan plan to develop the next generation of space travel. Stratolaunch Systems, founded by Paul G. Allen, is a private......

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

If a NASA-based competition is anything to go by, then private firms seem all eager to conceptualize flights to the Moon.According to a report in Discovery News, the first $1 million prize for......

Win $25 million! Design an efficient car

Prizes have long been used to stimulate innovation. In 1919 the Orteig Prize offered $25,000 to the first pilot to fly the Atlantic nonstop. Charles Lindbergh won it in 1927, fostering the aviation......

SpaceShipOne is Time's 'Invention of the Year'

SpaceShipOne, the world first privately developed spacecraft that first entered the space in October, has been named '2004 Invention of the Year' by Time magazine as a part of its annual 'Coolest......

Private spaceship launch successful

Sixty-two-year-old pilot Mike Melvill, on Monday, became the first human to fly a privately built ship beyond the Earth's atmosphere, as the world's first commercial space flight took off from a......

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Q. What is "SpaceShipOne" and in which year it is commissioned?
: A. In 2003 Scaled Composites, founded by famed aircraft designer Burt Rutan. This was a two-stage launch system called Tier One, comprising a...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-spaceshipone-and-in-which-year-it-is-commissioned//answers/17504576

Q. Paul Allen financed it. Richard Branson hopes to make it a commercially viable business. Name thelegendary airplane designer who created SpaceShipOne...???
Josna: A. Burt Rutan....!! more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/paul-allen-financed-it.-richard-branson-hopes-to-make-it-a-c/17498199/answers/10772656

Q. Do you know about the spaceship that takes tourists in space?
Surinder: A. British billionaire Richard Branson and aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle they hope will be...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/do-you-know-about-the-spaceship-that-takes-tourists-in-space/10772648/answers/6312473

Q. space rockets for tourism is it true?
Zayyed Khan: A. British billionaire Richard Branson and aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle they hope will be...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/space-rockets-for-tourism-is-it-true/6312416/answers/6534929

Q. Should the aeroplane fly across the earth to reach one destination, while the earth is revolving? It can stand on a region where gravity is zero above the earth, and land down when the desired place comes near? Think It
Philomena Patio: A. It is impossible for aeroplane to do that because aeroplane can never be able to go up to that height. infact gravity never becomes zero,but up...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/should-the-aeroplane-fly-across-the-earth-to-reach-one-desti/6534651/answers/1006976

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Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the... ...

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SpaceShipOne wins $10 million prize

Design space ship & win $10mn

A low-cost space trip? Hop into this stunning plane!

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

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SpaceShipOne is Time's 'Invention of the Year'

Private spaceship launch successful

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