Founder's Bold Dream Soars Toward Reality. Eli Kintisch.
by Kintisch, Eli; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 60Science. Publisher: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Contests | Diamandis, Peter | Manned space flight | Reusable space vehicles | Space tourism | Space vehicles -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "More than 25 teams from across the world have entered the contest, with a deadline just three months away. The teams and their backers include billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen; John Carmack, creator of the Doom blockbuster computer game; former NASA rocket scientists; and even former bicycle mechanics." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article examines the X prize, a competition to send civilians into space with $10 million going to the first person to accomplish this goal.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Founder's Bold Dream Soars Toward Reality, Sept. 22, 2004; pp. A1+.
"More than 25 teams from across the world have entered the contest, with a deadline just three months away. The teams and their backers include billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen; John Carmack, creator of the Doom blockbuster computer game; former NASA rocket scientists; and even former bicycle mechanics." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article examines the X prize, a competition to send civilians into space with $10 million going to the first person to accomplish this goal.
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