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{{Short description|Canadian spaceflight project}} The '''da Vinci Project''' was a privately funded, volunteer-staffed attempt to launch a reusable crewed [[sub-orbital]] [[spacecraft]]. It was formed in 1996 specifically to be a contender for the [[Ansari X Prize]] for the first non-governmental reusable crewed spacecraft. The project was based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada and led by Brian Feeney.<ref name="space.com-delay">{{cite web | url=http://www.space.com/368-canadian-prize-team-delays-launch-attempt.html | title=Canadian X Prize Team Delays Launch Attempt | publisher=Purch | date=24 September 2004 | access-date=September 20, 2012 | author=Malik, Tariq}}</ref> The original da Vinci Project is no longer operating. A documentary was filmed throughout much of the project's life from 2000 through post-X Prize roundup footage in 2008. The documentary accumulated some 1000 hours or so of footage. It was a private undertaking by Michel Jones of Riverstone Productions, Toronto, and as of early 2009 was still in a preliminary stage of editing and completion.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} The project last participated in the [[X Prize]] Cup 2005, displaying a mock-up of its '''Wild Fire''' MK Vl spacecraft.
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