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• Belfiore, Michael. "X-Racers, Start Your Rockets!" Popular Science, February 2006.
  http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/f1fd870c7a079010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
• "Rocket Plane Sets Record." Machine Design, February 23, 2006.
  http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/viewSelectedArticle.asp?strArticleId=59966&strSite=MDSite&catId=0
• XCOR Aerospace: EZ-Rocket
  http://xcor.com/ez.html
• XCOR Aerospace: Going Suborbital
  http://xcor.com/suborbital.html
• The X-Prize Cup
  http://www.xpcup.com/index.cfm