An historic moment

Burt Rutan and SpaceShipOne have won the X-Prize!

The private sector is now officially in the space business! This is a truly historic- if underreported-moment in the annals of space exploration- taking place, coincidentally, on the 46th anniversary of the launching of the first Earth satellite, Sputnik I, by the Soviet Union.

There's a bit of irony in there someplace.

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