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How much prize money did SpaceShipOne win for the Ansari X-Prize in 2004?

$10 million.

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  1. $10 million ✔
  2. $1 million
  3. $100 million

Why: The Ansari X-Prize offered $10 million to the first private team to fly a reusable, piloted craft to space twice in two weeks. SpaceShipOne claimed it in October 2004.

Huh, didn't know that: The X-Prize was modeled after the Orteig prize that encouraged ocean-crossing airplane flights.

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What did the SpaceShipOne team do with the prize? They spent it on out-of-this-world snacks.
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Answer: $10 million. The Ansari X-Prize offered $10 million to the first private team to fly a reusable, piloted craft to space twice in two weeks. SpaceShipOne claimed it in October 2004.

  1. NASA APOD, SpaceShipOne Wins the X-Prize (Oct 5, 2004) science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2004-october-5-spaceshipone-wins-the-x-prize
    to claim the coveted $10 million dollar X-Prize put forward by Ansari
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NASA APOD, SpaceShipOne Wins the X-Prize (Oct 5, 2004) science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2004-october-5-spaceshipone-wins-the-x-prize
    The X-prize was modeled after the Orteig prize that was designed to inspire ocean-crossing airplane flights
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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