to the Ansari X Prize As intended, the flight exceeded the 100 km threshold required for the X PRIZE. However, the flight was not intended as an X PRIZE competitive flight and was not registered as such. The flight did not carry any passengers, or equivalent ballast, as required for an X PRIZE flight, and so could not qualify as a competitive flight. Furthermore, the X PRIZE rules require a repeat flight within two weeks, which the Scaled Composites team had no intention of making. Flight 15P was intended to be the final test flight before making the two X PRIZE flights later in 2004. Due to the problems encountered on this flight, an additional test flight might be needed. However, by July 7, 2004, Burt Rutan reported that the faults had been resolved and the next flights would be competitive. See also SpaceShipTwo Timeline of private spaceflight Virgin Galactic References External links 'Anomalies' in first private spaceflight revealed, New Scientist More X-Prize News from Starfighter's Model Blog Scaled Composites FAQ on June 21 launch Scaled Composites' public flight log Space Ship One's First Flight into Space – images of the flight, from Fred's Air Show Journal Spaceflight Now contemporaneous report Spaceflight Now full report SpaceShipOne Makes History: First Private Manned Mission to Space – press release from Scaled Composites 2004 in spaceflight Scaled Composites Tier One program SpaceShipOne Suborbital human spaceflights