While X prize contenders like Spaceship One and the Davinci Project have grabbed the headlines
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/27/x.prize/index.html
They're not the only ones reaching for the stars. At JP Aeorospace there's a plan to achieve Earth orbit with-- get this, a really big hellium balloon and an ion engine! Well, it has the virture of never having been tried before. The downside? It would take about 5 days to reach Earth orbit (By comparision the Apollo 11 roundtrip took 6 day!). Well check it out, it's definately a novel approach. http://jpaerospace.com/
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