{"id":6242,"date":"2004-10-04T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2004-10-04T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/10\/04\/cool-10mm-for-a-hot-rocket.html"},"modified":"2004-10-04T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2004-10-04T17:37:52","slug":"cool_10mm_for_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/04\/cool_10mm_for_a.html","title":{"rendered":"Cool $10MM for a hot rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"spaceshipone.jpg\" title=\"SpaceShipOne separates from the White Knight launch plane.\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/spaceshipone.jpg\" width=\"147\" height=\"150\" border=\"1\" class=\"right\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2004\/TECH\/space\/10\/04\/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Most excellent<\/a>.  SpaceShipOne has won the Ansari <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xprize.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">X-Prize<\/a>, a tidy $10MM, for being the first privately-financed reusable craft to reach (and return from) space twice within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Big congrats.  With luck, this could be the start of something big.  <\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersnook.com\/blog\/archives\/002757.html#002757\" target=\"_blank\">Scott<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most excellent. SpaceShipOne has won the Ansari X-Prize, a tidy $10MM, for being the first privately-financed reusable craft to reach (and return from) space twice within two weeks. 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