The final frontier

4 Oct 2004

Rutan's won the X Prize. BBC story, X-Prize home page, Scaled Composites.

Rock on.

Posted by Jonathan on Monday, October 4, 2004 at 5:22 PM | 0 TrackBacks

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Yeah, that and the WIPO in one day, eh? It’s enough to make you think that The Future has a will of it’s own!

Vinay | October 4, 2004 10:54 PM | Reply

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Lapsed: physicist and television producer. Now: media consultant/freelance film-maker, trying to reignite public-service children's media, particularly around science and engineering.

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