Somehow I missed it; I stumble across it a couple of days later. I knew the deadline was drawing near and that there would be a mad rush of teams trying to claim the prize. As it turned out SpaceShipOne claimed the price on October 4th (this is the team funded by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame). You can read more at CNN or Slashdot.

It also appers Virgin’s Richard Branson is getting in on the action. He has founded Virgin Galactic, and plans to license SpaceShipOne’s technology for its fleet.