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SPACE RACE WINNER
Comments 0 | Recommend 0MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) _ There's a winner in a unique
race-into-space.
Organizers of the ten (m) million dollar Ansari X Prize -- which
goes to the developers of a manned private space-plane that can
make it into space twice in as many weeks -- say the goal was
reached this morning.
SpaceShipOne was again carried into the skies by a mother plane
-- and then, at an altitude of 46-thousand feet, it was on its own.
Its rocket engine carried it the rest of the way -- and the
founders of the X-Prize say the plane again rose to an altitude of
more than 62 miles.
The pilot this time was Brian Binnie -- who said afterward that
he thanks God that he lives ''in a country where this is
possible.''
Last week's flight -- with pilot Michael Melvill on board --
included an unintended roll as the plane neared space. This time,
there appeared to be no problems.
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