[Brett66]

I was wondering what happened to Rutan's ship. It's been 3 months since it made a flight. It probably required a bit more repair than expected after it veered off of the runway and crashed after making it's last flight.

[In_25_words_or_less]

Teams from around the world are vying for the X Prize. It will be awarded to the first team that privately finances, builds and launches a spaceship able to carry three people to 62.5 miles (100 kilometers) altitude, return safely to Earth, then repeat the feat within two weeks.

It pays to finally read a whole article on this. All this time I assumed the plane had to achieve orbit. And it doesn't.

[RightWhale]

Thermal protection? Maybe they are looking beyond suborbital flight further down the road; it would be surprising if they weren't.

[Monty22]

Scaled has the worst website grr. They need to update that or redesign.

[KevinDavis]