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May 12, 2004

Anousheh Ansari, co-founder Ansari X-Prize Foundation. It offers a $10 million prize to jump-start the space tourism industry through competition among the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world [BBC news]. Following in the footsteps of over 100 aviation prizes offered between 1905 and 1935 that created today's multibillion dollar air transport industry, the ANSARI X PRIZE will be awarded to the team that designs the first private spaceship that successfully launches three humans to a sub-orbital altitude of 100 km on two consecutive flights within two weeks.

Thanks to Shahrokh Mortazavi

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