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Rocket-Balloon Combo - First Private Spaceship?

by Rik Logtenberg | December 18, 2003

Saskatchewan - If all goes according to plan, the world's first independent manned space rocket will lift off from Kindersley Field, Saskatchewan, before the end of next year.

The mission sponsor is the da Vinci Project, the largest high-tech volunteer effort in Canadian history. About 200 volunteers are working on the project, headquartered in Toronto, with contributions from engineers in Montreal, Regina, Vancouver, and St. Petersburg, Russia.

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