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Cowperson · 10-03-2005, 11:09 AM

You wouldn't be a heterosexual male if this didn't interest you on some level . . . .

The man behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight is joining forces with a venture capitalist who's also an Indy car backer to establish a NASCAR-like racing league for rocket-powered aircraft.

X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and race car capitalist Granger Whitelaw took the wraps off the Rocket Racing League during a Monday news conference, just days before a rocket plane demonstration that could serve as a model for the races.

This might have some fondly remembering the cutting edge airplane races of the 1930's . . . .

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/

Cowperson

10-03-2005, 11:09 AM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	You wouldn't be a heterosexual male if this didn't interest you on some level . . . . The man behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight is joining forces with a venture capitalist who's also an Indy car backer to establish a NASCAR-like racing league for rocket-powered aircraft. X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and race car capitalist Granger Whitelaw took the wraps off the Rocket Racing League during a Monday news conference, just days before a rocket plane demonstration that could serve as a model for the races. This might have some fondly remembering the cutting edge airplane races of the 1930's . . . . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/ Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous