Explorers build spacecraft in pursuit of X Prize

Monday, March 22, 2004

ST. LOUIS -- The reward is high, but so is the risk as some of the 27 teams pursuing a $10 million prize for the first privately funded manned spaceflight near a goal that once seemed outlandish.

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