Annals Of Achievement–SpaceShipOne Claims Ansari X Prize: Well, Burt Rutan’s wondertoy did it, flying to suborbital space for the second time in 2 weeks. That’s good enough to take home the $10 million X Prize, and set Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourist extravaganza on the road to fruition. Would you pay $200,000 for a ride on the thing? Better wear diapers. It looks like a hairy, hairy ride…



“Glad to win the $10 mil for ya Burt. But I ain’t no glorified commercial pilot, so don’t expect me to fly that Roman Candlestick for Richard Branson.”