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Topic(s): science
2004-04-08 00:59:17 PST
The US government granted a license today to Scaled Composites: U.S. Awards First Suborbital Aircraft License. The license allows Scaled Composites to launch into space from California.
Scaled Composites hopes to claim the $10 million prize awarded to the first private company that launches tourists into space.
The article does not state when Scaled Composites will launch. Though if they hope to win the $10 million they have to beat the Canadian da Vinci Space Project team, who aim to launch this summer.
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