Topic: The Arrow may still fly. (Former X-Prize contender)  (Read 1397 times)

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Offline Nemesis

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The Arrow may still fly. (Former X-Prize contender)
« on: May 18, 2005, 04:33:56 am »
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Canadian Arrow has announced that it is partnering with an American businessman, Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria, to form a new Canadian corporation called Planetspace. The goal of the company is to make space flight available to the public.
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Re: The Arrow may still fly. (Former X-Prize contender)
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2005, 09:05:51 pm »
Is this the Canadian team that was going to launch from a high altitiude balloon?
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Re: The Arrow may still fly. (Former X-Prize contender)
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2005, 01:39:50 am »
Is this the Canadian team that was going to launch from a high altitiude balloon?

That was daVinci.  The Arrow is a manned V2 updated to current technology.
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Re: The Arrow may still fly. (Former X-Prize contender)
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2005, 05:54:42 pm »
That was daVinci. 

Any news on them?
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