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Re: Some good news for a change, maybe?
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
> like tapping it, but it took a simple contest to give entrepreneurs the guts to
> pursue that market on their own, rather than trying to use NASA as nothing more
> than a crutch to largely eliminate their own financial risk.
If I understand things correctly, Rutan and Allen were working on this project
either before the X-Prize happened or before they knew about it. The prize did
not catalyze their involvement in space.
Chris
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| (...) Not from what I understand. Rutan did start work before the X-Prize became fully-funded at $10 million, but he was inspired to get started by the X-Prize itself. He is reported to have started his program in 2001, but the X-Prize was founded (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's absolute nonsense. My impression or lack thereof has no direct impact on this venture, as I don't have the money to throw at it either as an investor or as a customer. I could be the most excited person in the world and it wouldn't (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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