Winning the Ansari X PRIZE in 2004
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On October 4, 2004, Scaled Composites led by Burt Rutan won the $10M Ansari X PRIZE. They achieved this by building SpaceShipOne. They flew it up to just over 100km, returned and landed safely on Sep 29, 2004 and then repeated the whole process again within 14 days on Oct 4, 2004. This changed the paradigm that space was only for governments and kicked off the personal spaceflight industry. Find out more at: www.xprize.org
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why give it the gay corny music, and visuals. Great idea though, goverments spend way to little on science based research.
AaaaghJOE 1 month ago
@putittogether
No your idea and thinking is genius!
Divide our resources and achieve 1/10 billionth of what we have already achieved. LOL
flanksteak1 1 year ago
flanksteak1 - Please tell me you wrote this question and response when you were under the influence drugs.
Please tell me you are not this stupid, for the sake of humanity.
putittogether 1 year ago
@putittogether
Did they achieve orbit?
Did all of their research most likely come from what has already been done over 50 years ago?
Is having a 100 companies with rockets that make profit shuttling billionaires into space for fun better than having 1 public entity that can launch a pod that can shoot a projectile at a comet deep in space?
The next x prize goes to a company that can make a round wheel. LOL
flanksteak1 1 year ago
5 years ago and they still have not done it again, will be 6 years next year
Buttmunch5000 2 years ago
Look at NASA, been around decades and decades with all their resources, scientist, money, infrastructure, etc. And look were we are....
Then look at what a small group of private free individuals did in 1/10th the time, with 1/1000th the personnel, and with one BILLIONTH the budget.
putittogether 2 years ago
lol, that makes me want to get naked and take pics. Maybe I will, hmm
MadisonRvrGurl1 2 years ago
5 Years ago, and it still gets me that feeling ! keep it up!
This is pure Rock'n'Roll
(does anyone know a source for the picture at 0:40 ? )
runwax 2 years ago
This is such an inspirational story. I highly recommend the Discovery Channel's feature about this: "Black Sky: The Race For Space"
rogerdodgeraviation 2 years ago
awesome, although i see you didn't include the spin on the way down ; ) haha
bfayer 2 years ago