This is great! I can foresee a time not too far off when a crazy old
inventor like me can buy one of these early, abandoned, ships real
cheap, refit it with a hybrid engine using longitudinal current with a
high specific impulse, and away we go. -JV

--- In commercialspaceplace@yahoogroups.com, markreiff <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> FYI,
>
> "`Rocket Racing League' Gets its Start
> - X Prize founder, Indy car backer unveil new venture"
> MSNBC
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408
>
> : 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.
>