<?xml version='1.0' ?><rss version='2.0'><channel><item><name>Suborbital Success</name><short_description>Will space-tourism company XCOR fly its suborbital vehicle by March 1, 2010?</short_description><symbol>XCOR</symbol></item><item><name>Jules Verne Docks Successfully</name><short_description>Will the Jules Verne dock with the ISS by April 3, 2008?</short_description><symbol>JULESDOCK</symbol></item><item><name>Endeavor Launch</name><short_description>Will the space shuttle Endeavor launch on March 11?</short_description><symbol>ENDV</symbol></item><item><name>ESA Ship Launches on Time</name><short_description>Will the <i>Jules Verne</i> launch on March 9, 2008?</short_description><symbol>JULES</symbol></item><item><name><i>Phoenix</i> Lander Outlives 90 Days</name><short_description>Will the <i>Phoenix</i> lander last more than 90 days?</short_description><symbol>LONGLIFE</symbol></item><item><name>Test Flight by Summer</name><short_description>Will Virgin Galactic&#0146;s carrier ship, White Knight Two, successfully complete a flight test by August 31, 2008?</short_description><symbol>VRGNTST</symbol></item><item><name>Hubble Upgrade by Fall</name><short_description>Will NASA complete the Hubble upgrade this fall?</short_description><symbol>HBLFIX</symbol></item><item><name>Shuttle Delivery</name><short_description>Will the space shuttle Atlantis launch in time to deliver the Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station by February 8?</short_description><symbol>STS122</symbol></item><item><name>787 Dreamliner Flies</name><short_description>Will Boeing&#0146;s Dreamliner 787 make its first test flight by March 1, 2008?</short_description><symbol>787FLY</symbol></item><item><name>Life on Mars</name><short_description>Will the Phoenix lander find verifiable signs of life on the surface of Mars by January 1, 2009?</short_description><symbol>MARSLIFE</symbol></item><item><name>Railgun in Field by 2009</name><short_description>Will the U.S. military deploy a railgun in the field by 2009?</short_description><symbol>RAILGUN</symbol></item><item><name>European Space Launch</name><short_description>Will the world's largest automated space vehicle launch in January?</short_description><symbol>ESALAUN</symbol></item><item><name>Germ-Proof Military Clothing by 2010?</name><short_description>Will military uniforms utilizing nanotextiles for protection against chemical and biological weapons be available by 2010?</short_description><symbol>NANTXT</symbol></item><item><name>EADS Constructs Spaceplane </name><short_description>Will EADS start construction on a tourist rocket by December 31, 2008?
</short_description><symbol>EADSPLN</symbol></item><item><name>NASA Terminates Rocketplane</name><short_description>Will NASA terminate the Rocketplane Kistler by October 7, 2007? 
</short_description><symbol>RKPLOVR</symbol></item><item><name><i>Dawn</i> spacecraft by October</name><short_description>Will the <i>Dawn</i> spacecraft, set to visit two of the largest rocks in the asteroid belt, launch by October 15, 2007?</short_description><symbol>DAWNOK</symbol></item><item><name>Water on Earth-like Planet by 2010</name><short_description>Will scientists confirm the presence of water on an Earth-like extrasolar planet by January 1, 2010?</short_description><symbol>ERTHLK</symbol></item><item><name>NASA Official Fired</name><short_description>Will at least one top NASA official lose his job over the "drunk astronaut" scandal by October 1, 2007? </short_description><symbol>PNKSLP</symbol></item><item><name>Winner at the Space Elevator Games</name><short_description>Will a team win the $1 million in prize money at this year’s Space Elevator Games?</short_description><symbol>SEGWIN</symbol></item><item><name>Scramjet Reaches Mach 15</name><short_description>Will a scramjet-powered vehicle reach a top speed of Mach 15 by the end of 2009?</short_description><symbol>SCRAMJET</symbol></item><item><name>Commercial A380 Flight in 2007</name><short_description>Will the Airbus A380 successfully complete a commercial flight with ticketed passengers this year?</short_description><symbol>A380FLIES</symbol></item><item><name>Virgin Galactic Launch</name><short_description>Will Virgin Galactic start flying paying passengers into suborbital space by the end of 2009?</short_description><symbol>VRGNGAL</symbol></item><item><name>SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket Launch</name><short_description>Will SpaceX successfully launch its Falcon 1 rocket into Earth orbit by the end of 2007?</short_description><symbol>SPACEX</symbol></item><item><name>Space Hotel by 2012</name><short_description>Will Robert Bigelow successfully launch the first BA330 space hotel module by the end of 2012?</short_description><symbol>SPCHOTL</symbol></item><item><name>Space Tourism Safety</name><short_description>Will Virgin Galactic fly its first ten passenger-carrying missions without a single fatal accident?</short_description><symbol>VRGNFLTS</symbol></item><item><name>Four ISS Shuttle Missions in 2007</name><short_description>Will NASA, as planned, make four flights to the International Space Station this year?</short_description><symbol>SHUTL</symbol></item><item><name>V-22 Osprey in Active Duty</name><short_description>Will a Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly into combat by the end of 2007?</short_description><symbol>V22FLY</symbol></item><item><name>V-22 Osprey Safe</name><short_description>Will the fleet of Marine Corps V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft fly combat and training missions through 2008 without suffering a fatal accident?</short_description><symbol>V22SAFE</symbol></item><item><name>Rocket Racing League Starting by 2008</name><short_description>Will the Rocket Racing League hold its first race before the end of 2008?</short_description><symbol>ROCKT</symbol></item><item><name>NASA's Orion Capsule in Use by 2014</name><short_description>Will the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA's space-shuttle replacement, reach the International Space Station by the end of 2014?</short_description><symbol>ORION</symbol></item><item><name>India's Manned Mission to the Moon</name><short_description>Will India put humans on the moon before NASA puts them on Mars?</short_description><symbol>INDIAMN</symbol></item><item><name>X-Prize Lunar Lander Challenge Success</name><short_description>Will anyone win the 2007 Lunar Lander Challenge?</short_description><symbol>LANDR</symbol></item><item><name>ISS Completed by 2010</name><short_description>Will NASA finish building the International Space Station by 2010?</short_description><symbol>ISSDONE</symbol></item><item><name>Skydiving Altitude Record Broken</name><short_description>Will a human successfully break the world record for skydiving of 102,800 feet by the end of 2009?</short_description><symbol>SKYDV</symbol></item></channel></rss>