Kintisch, Eli,

Dreams-Turned-Schemes Launch One Spaceworthy Rocket Ship. Eli Kintisch. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 60, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. 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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Diamandis, Peter
Rutan, Burt


Contests
Manned space flight
Reusable space vehicles
Space tourism
Space vehicles--Design and construction

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