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Article: Da Vinci project: Canada's spacedship entry in the race for the X prize.
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- Kidsworld Magazine
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Brian Feeney just may be Canada's ultimate fan of space travel. "I can still recall eagerly awaiting for American astronaut Neil Armstrong's momentous first steps on the moon when I was 10 years old, back in 1969," says Brian, who is a Toronto-based industrial designer. "It was way past my bedtime on July 20, 1969 while I sat watching Neil Armstrong become the first person in history to walk on the moon."
"I always wanted to go into space; but back in 1969, only Americans and Russians could become astronauts and go into Earth orbit and beyond," he recalls. Nowadays, with the development of the space shuttle and the building of the International Space Station, ...