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2008/06/20
Google launches new space race to the moon
The quest is part of the Google Lunar X Prize, which will put $20 million into the hands of the first privately funded team that can land a rover on the moon; have it travel on the surface for 500 meters or more; send back data, photos and video; and do it all by December 31, 2012. The prize drops to $15 million after that date and goes away altogether after 2014.
2008/01/21
A 67-year-old American billionaire is believed to have become the first person to have launched himself into space using only a home-made rocket and without the assistance of any major space agency it was reported by the SFTR last week. The incident, which occurred December 2007 has sparked a major investigation by NASA and the Department of Defense, who have subsequently treated the matter as a 'serious incident' and a major breach of National Security.
2007/11/19
Submit Web Links to Rocketry.org!
Web site links are now being accepted by Rocketry.org via the new web link submission form in the “Submit Content” section! If you have an amateur experimental, high power (HPR), model or other rocketry-related web site please submit your site and it should be posted live on Rocketry.org within a day or two.
2007/10/18
NASA Drops Deal With Rocketplane
NASA said Thursday it dropped a multimillion-dollar contract with an aerospace company because the firm failed to secure enough private financing to develop a new commercial spaceship.
2007/10/17
After much development, procrastination, and even more development, the new version of the web site and new database have went live!