In the competitive tradition of the early days of aviation, the X-PRIZE, The New Race To Space, is an international aerospace race to win a US$10 million cash prize.

The Wright brothers, Alexander Graham Bell and others including Charles Lindberg all competed for prizes.

The X-PRIZE goes to the first team to safely launch and land a manned vehicle on two consecutive sub-orbital flights to a 100 kms altitude.

Space flight is nothing new, so what's the catch?

Governments need not apply!

The X-PRIZE Foundation is challenging the notion that only governments can send people and cargo into space.

The Foundation created the X-PRIZE for one purpose: to realize the dream of space flight for the general public.

The rules require that our vehicle carry the room and weight for three people but only one person need go along for the ride. We need to fly our entry twice within two weeks to show that the cost per flight is only the cost of fuel and the limited "touch-labor" that can be applied in this short time period.

Is this about the money?

As a Canadian team, this is about showing the world that there is more to Canada than a great beer commercial. As Prime Minister Diefenbaker once said, "Canada had too much geography and not enough history". By winning the X-PRIZE Canada can go the distance and make world history by demonstrating world class results as innovators.

We are Canada's engineers, its scientists, its risk takers and its dream builders.

Please click here for more details on the X-PRIZE Foundation and the competition.