] A second team of rocketeers competing for the $10 million
] Ansari X Prize, a contest for privately funded suborbital
] space flight, has officially announced the first launch
] date for its manned rocket.
]
] "Today is a historic day," said Gregg Maryniak, executive
] director of the St. Louis, Missouri-based Ansari X Prize
] Foundation, during today's press event. "When you have
] one space ship, you have a test flight, when you have
] two, you have a horse race."

[ Burt Rutan/SSO have competition! I was already excited, but now i'm *really* looking forward to seeing what happens. -k]

The Race is On: Second Private Team Sets Launch Date for Human Spaceflight