Dreams-Turned-Schemes Launch One Spaceworthy Rocket Ship. 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 | Rutan, Burt | Space tourism | Space vehicles -- Design and constructionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It had all seemed so promising in 1996. Space enthusiast Peter Diamandis and a coterie of St. Louis' most prominent citizens had stepped forward to announce the X prize. They offered $10 million to the first private business that could send an astronaut into space twice within two weeks." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article describes the progress of the X Prize, $10 million to the first civilian business to send astronauts into space.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Dreams-Turned-Schemes Launch One Spaceworthy Rocket Ship, Sept. 23, 2004; pp. A1+.
"It had all seemed so promising in 1996. Space enthusiast Peter Diamandis and a coterie of St. Louis' most prominent citizens had stepped forward to announce the X prize. They offered $10 million to the first private business that could send an astronaut into space twice within two weeks." (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) This article describes the progress of the X Prize, $10 million to the first civilian business to send astronauts into space.
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