Bureaucracy Pins Rocket to Earth
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:01 am
It's got a rocket, an astronaut and a small prairie town anxious to become a spaceport. But a Canadian team competing for the $10 million Ansari X Prize, an international contest promoting a new generation of privately developed spacecraft, still doesn't have a couple of precious pieces of paper it needs to get to space.
The Toronto-based da Vinci Project announced earlier this month that it plans to launch its Wild Fire rocket from Kindersley, Saskatchewan, on Oct. 2.
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The Toronto-based da Vinci Project announced earlier this month that it plans to launch its Wild Fire rocket from Kindersley, Saskatchewan, on Oct. 2.
More:
http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697, ... _tophead_6