  Ok an update on the x-prize thanks to slashdot: "A 23-foot-long space rocket carrying 3 dummies urlLink exploded in the Pacific Northwest after reaching about 200 feet. The team was competing for urlLink Ansari X Prize , offering $10 million to the team that successfully completes a low-budget private space rocket capable of carrying men into space. Google News urlLink offers more perspectives into the event, the team is saying the rocket, whose parachute malfunctioned, would have to be rebuilt. " And urlLink AmiNTT writes "Everygeek's favorite rocketeers over at urlLink Armadillo Aerospace have suffered a fairly serious setback over the weekend - the crash of their 48-inch vehicle urlLink link in a test hop at their 100 acre test field. Of course there is urlLink video and urlLink pictures - urlLink 2 urlLink 3 ... This setback should keep them from flying for about five weeks, but will give them a chance to make some design changes. I'm sure they will be back better than ever. (Armadillo have shown up on Slashdot many times urlLink in urlLink the urlLink past . )" ( urlLink Read More... | 
