Rocketship Will Tour Airshow Circuit in 2002

X-Rocket, LLC announced today that the
world’s first rocketship act is now available for airshow booking and
sponsorship. “The XCOR EZ-Rocket will tour the airshow circuit during
2002,
giving millions of Americans their first chance to see a fully reusable,

piloted rocketship in action,” said X-Rocket president Edward Wright.
“X-Rocket is proud to bring this act to the American public during the
2002
airshow season.”

The EZ-Rocket, built by Mojave, CA-based XCOR Aerospace, made its first
test
flight on July 21, 2001, under the command of test pilot Dick Rutan.
Rutan,
who won aviation’s highest honors by piloting the Voyager on its
historic
round-the-world flight in1986, said the EZ-Rocket performed smoothly and
the
first test flight was a resounding success. Flight testing will continue

when the rocketship returns to Mojave from Oshkosh, WI, where it is
currently on static display at one of the nation’s largest airshows,
AirVenture 2001.

Speaking at an AirVenture press conference, Wright congratulated Dick
Rutan
and XCOR Aerospace on their accomplishment. “X-Rocket is proud to have
contributed to this project, and we are pleased to see our investment
begin
to pay off.”

Wright said that a number of major airshows have already indicated their

interest in presenting a rocketship act. Wright urged interested shows
and
businesses to contact X-Rocket as soon as possible. “We provide one-stop

shopping for all your EZ-Rocket performance, sponsorship, and
merchandise
needs.”

X-Rocket, LLC believes that rocket racing can become a major driver for
the
development of reusable rocket technology and sees the XCOR EZ-Rocket as
the
first step toward that goal. “Prior to World War II, air racing was the
major driver for the development of aviation technology,” Wright said.

X-Rocket would like to see rocket racing beginning with a vertical drag
race
to 100,000 feet. “The 100,000-foot time to climb record has been held by
a
Russian MiG-25 variant since the 1970’s,” Wright said. “We think it’s
time
to bring that record home to the United States. The XCOR EZ-Rocket is
the
first step toward the development of such racers – racers which, in turn,
will
develop the technology that enables a new era of routine, affordable
space
travel for science, business, and personal leisure.”

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Contact:

Edward Wright

(425) 830-3571

press@racing-rockets.org

X-Rocket, LLC (aka The Experimental Rocket Racing Association, LLC)

9609 NE 195th Circle #L-11

Bothell, WA 98011

marketing@racing-rockets.org

(425) 830-3571