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Friday, May 29
SpaceShipTwo's rocket motor test-fired for first time
The pair are scaled-up versions of a carrier plane and spaceship that won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize for commercial spaceflight in 2004. Video footage released by Virgin Galactic shows the hybrid motor roaring into life, sending vast plumes of ...
Wednesday, Apr 29
Boost for biodiversity, Grim prospect for Asia, and more
UK Proceeds will go to the X Prize Foundation, which is offering a prize to the first group to sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days at less than $10000 per genome. Don't miss out on the latest content from New Scientist. Get 51 issues of New Scientist ...
Wednesday, Apr 8
Innovation: 100-mpg car contest under starters orders
UK They are the registered entrants to the Progressive Auto X Prize, a contest that will award prizes totalling $10 million for vehicles that can go 100 miles on the energy equivalent to that in a gallon of fuel. Notable by their absence were the world's ...
Friday, Mar 27
Firm vows to grow first flowers on the moon
Engineering firm Paragon Space Development plans to build a greenhouse to fly to the moon. It is set to travel on a lunar lander designed by Odyssey Moon, a competitor for the Google Lunar X Prize, a $30 million contest to send an unmanned lunar rover ...
Friday, Feb 6
Genome sequencing falls to $5000
UK - Feb 6, 2009 If Complete Genomics delivers as promised, the company could also be eligible for the Archon X Prize for Genomics, which will give $10 million for the first ...
