X-prize rocket explodes

[Ivan Seeking]

A rocket belonging to a team taking a low-budget stab at the $10m (£5.7m) Ansari X-prize has exploded less than 1,000 feet into the air.
Nobody was hurt in the test which took place on Sunday just south of Olympic National Park in Washington State, US.[continued]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3549552.stm

[enigma]

We've got a thread going on this here (http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=2371&page=2).