MSNBC - SpaceShipOne wins $10 million X Prize
Sky Captain would be proud. Private space flight gets a huge boost in credibility:
MOJAVE, Calif. - SpaceShipOne soared to a record 368,000 feet early Monday, easily surpassing the altitude required to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, breaking an X-15 altitude record and creating a new astronaut in the process
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Remember the X-15? When I was a kid, I thought there was nothing cooler or more exciting than the flights of the X-15. I built the Revell model and everything.