[news] Privately funded rocket successfully carries man to space

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SOURCE: Montreal CBC Mon, 21 Jun 2004 MOJAVE, CALIF. - A pilot has flown the 
first privately financed manned rocket beyond the Earth's atmosphere and 
returned safely. "SpaceShipOne" could now compete for the Ansari X Prize, a 
$10-million US reward for the first three-member team to launch a spacecraft to 
an altitude of 100 kilometres, return to Earth and repeat the flight within two 
weeks in the same vehicle, without government or military funding. The goal of 
the prize is to promote private space flight.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/6/22/4825/98603