Rutan hits 200k feet! Almost there!

In article . net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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The point is the same point that Edmund Hillary and his small
civilian band had when they climbed Everest.

Not the same. Nobody had climbed Everest and returned before Hillary
and Norgay. The X-Prize competition is a race to be the "first" to
do something that's been done before.

A suborbital flight, and repeat it with the same vehicle in a 14 day
period?

Funny, I can't remember hearing of such a thing.

I think you don't understand the actual rules or intent of the Ansari
X-Prize.

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