Word: spaceloft
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...telephone pole-sized commercial rocket that launched Monday from New Mexico had a lot more riding on it than just the high school experiments and cremated remains that were to be hurtled into space for paying customers. UP Aerospace of Connecticut heralded the maiden launch of its SpaceLoft XL rocket as the beginning of a new era of affordable public access to space...
...succeeded, the SpaceLoft XL rocket would not have been the first privately funded craft to make the trip to space without federal funding or infrastructure. Two years ago, in what space buffs call the industry's "Charles Lindbergh moment," SpaceShipOne ferried passengers to space twice within two weeks to win the $10 million X Prize which, coincidentally, was sponsored by the family of Anousheh Ansari, the Dallas high-tech entrepreneur who is currently visiting the International Space Station as a paying customer...
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