Media

Web Takes Notice as da Vinci Project Picks up Steam
Space enthusiasts the world over are reading articles on the web of the da Vinci Project progress. From Saskatchewan to the United States the buzz is that the Canadian contingent will be well represented in the quest for the X Prize. Take a look at what the media is saying as we guide you through a cornucopia of articles on the X Prize, and our progress:
15-Dec-2003	Two half hour programs airing this week on the National Geographic Channel, On Assignment program. On Assignment airs weeknights 7 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT. Monday, December 15: Wally Funk and the Mercury 13. In the late 1950's NASA decided to begin testing women for the astronaut program. The women performed at as high a level as the men, but the program was cancelled anyway. One of the women, Wally Funk, has never given up on the dream of space flight. Now, teamed with a private rocket team headed by a woman, she's closer to reaching space than ever. Wednesday, December 17 (100th anniversary of flight) : The New Space Race/ The X-Prize. The X-Prize is 10 million dollars for the first privately funded rocket to bring three people to space and back, and then repeat the feat within two weeks. The prize has started a movement. Now, around the world, 24 official X-Prize teams, and some exciting independents, are pushing the limits of technology and their own endurance to be the first private citizens to break the bonds of planet Earth
16-Dec-2003	Rocket-Balloon Combo First Private Space Ship?
14-Dec-2003	Entrepreneur shoots for stars and $10 million.
13-Dec-2003	In Search of the Wright Stuff.
20-Oct-2003	Sun Microsystems of Canada Provides Hardware to da Vinci Project.
06-Oct-2003	Power of Sun Microsystems adds big muscle to da Vinci Project.
05-Aug-2003	"FEA Gets da Vinci Project Off the Ground" - Design for first commercial manned space flight rides on analysis and simulation.
05-Aug-2003	Irish Echo's Real Life Rocket Man
30-July-2003	X Prize Contestant Chooses Launch Site
30-June-2003	SPACE TODAY ONLINE - Private Experimental Space Rocket Challenge
30-June-2003	Former NASA Shuttle Astronaut to Judge X Prize Competition
June-2003	Autodesk Inventor 7
26-June-2003	Canadian Team joins race for X Prize
26-June-2003	Canadian X Prize Team Unveils Rocket Prototype
26-June-2003	X Prize Hopeful Announces Project Astronauts
24-June-2003	Autodesk Expands Manufacturing Solutions With Introduction of Autodesk Inventor Professional 7
11-June-2003	After Columbia, X Prize Entrants Remain Committed to Space
30-May-2003	OpenAir Project Management Solution Chosen to Put People in Space
May-2003	Toronto Life Magazine Scans - "Out of This World" - The Inside Story on Brian Feeney and the da Vinci Project.
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17-May-2003	The Future of Canadian Space Flight
13-May-2003	World's First Independent Space Launch from Saskatchewan
13-May-2003	Saskatchewan Wants Own Rocket Man
13-May-2003	Space is the Place for Kindersley
04-Feb-2003	Toronto Sun Talks to da Vinci Project - "No Space for Fear - Tragedy can't deter rocket men"
The Wall Street Journal Online 03-Feb-2003	The Wall Street Journal did a feature on the X Prize. Click on the links below for scans of the article: Page One Page Two If you have a subscription to The Wall Street Journal Online, you can see the article here.
July-2002	Does Anyone Hear Charles Lindbergh Chuckling?
	Next Generation Technologies Workshop 4
	Team Leader Brian Feeney Picture at space.com
	X-Prize PDF on da Vinci Project
26-June-2001	Canada's da Vinci Project Unveils Rocket
30-May-2001	OpenAir Project Management Solution Chosen to Put People in Space
04-May-2001	Canadian Rocket Team Angles for X-Prize