Briefs: Prospector 8 ain't; Google prize interest; Designing SS2 interior

Garvey Spacecraft and its Cal State Long Beach partners recently test flew a new 4.5K lbf-thrust engine in Mojave back in September. The engine performed well but they need to do some design work on the fins of the Prospector vehicle as illustrated by the photos of the flight on the GSC Latest News page.
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The Google Lunar Prize competition has had over 250 teams show interest in participating and they have "received nine letters of intent": Google, Amazon CEO Invest in Space Flights - All * Technology - CNBC.com - Oct.19.07
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Famous industrial designer Richard Seymour is working on the SpaceShipTwo interior: Designing
a rocket ride into suborbit - CNET News - Oct.19.07

Posted 10/19/07 | 09:32:43 by TopSpacer | Filed under: NewSpace

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