Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of
northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite
common beneath protective coverings of rubble.
SpaceShipOne Pilot Brian Binnie Reflects on the Future of Private
Space Flight
On October 4th, 2004, the X PRIZE Foundation made international
headlines when they awarded the Ansari X PRIZE to Scaled Composites
for the successful launch of their craft, SpaceShipOne. Inspired by
the Orteig Prize, won by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 for the
successful completion of the first non-stop flight from New York to
Paris, Peter Diamandis formally announced the X PRIZE competition
in 1996.
Approximately 1.3 Trillion Pounds Of Water Ice Detected
Using data from a NASA radar that flew aboard India's
Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists have detected ice deposits
near the moon's north pole. NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, a
lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40 small
craters with water ice.
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