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Matt Molnar
2007-01-04, 12:58 PM
From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6230245.stm):

The billionaire founder of Amazon.com has released the first images of the launch of a private spacecraft that could bring space travel to the masses.

A video of the cone-shaped Goddard vehicle shows it climbing to about 85m (285ft) before returning back to Earth.

The test launch took place in November 2006 in a remote part of Texas, but details have only now been released.
Click (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6230245.stm) for video and full story.