/oss/taxonomy/term/652/all en /oss/article/history/how-was-spaceshipone-powered <p>Who would have ever thought that rubber tires and laughing gas would be instrumental in getting a privately funded craft into space to claim a prize of ten million dollars? Yet, that is just what happened a few weeks ago. SpaceShipOne, built by the private “Scaled Composites” company made it into space twice in a week to meet the condition that had been set for winning the ten million dollar Ansari X Prize. This was no small feat.</p> Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:08:01 +0000 OSS 1743 at /oss