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10/04/2004 10:54:54 AM · #1 |
and the X Prize has been won. Man's private exploration of space has begun!
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10/04/2004 11:40:35 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
and the X Prize has been won. Man's private exploration of space has begun! |
Sweet...I'm more confident than ever that I'll be able to blow my future childrens' inheritance on a trip to space! |
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10/04/2004 11:43:33 AM · #3 |
The Geeks shall inherit the Earth! Well done! Next: Virgin offering flights into space.
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10/04/2004 11:47:15 AM · #4 |
Indeed this is a great thing. It̢۪s about time billionaires and millionaires starting using there money to research space. Humanity depends on it.
Details can be found in this article. |
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10/04/2004 12:18:59 PM · #5 |
| i couldn't find the actual number.. but didn;t this project cost like 20 million in the first place? Kinda funny to spend 20 mil. only to win 10 mil.. There were a few "less expensive" crafts i would have liked to see win this one instead.. |
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10/04/2004 12:29:11 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Refracted:
i couldn't find the actual number.. but didn;t this project cost like 20 million in the first place? Kinda funny to spend 20 mil. only to win 10 mil.. There were a few "less expensive" crafts i would have liked to see win this one instead.. |
That "Virgin" logo don't come for free...plus, this is only the beginning of the story. That 20 million wasn't invested to win the X-Prize... |
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10/04/2004 12:29:34 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Refracted:
i couldn't find the actual number.. but didn;t this project cost like 20 million in the first place? Kinda funny to spend 20 mil. only to win 10 mil.. There were a few "less expensive" crafts i would have liked to see win this one instead.. |
I've heard people say the prize is functioning as a kind of benchmark ... that now that this has been done, private investors/venture capitalists will be assured enough of the feasability of the project to start putting more money into it.
Virgin already has plans to exploit space tourism:
"Space ShipOne and its mother ship, the White Knight, featured a new paint job promoting Virgin Group, Richard Branson's firm, which recently announced a deal to license the SpaceShipOne technology for a fleet of commercial spacecraft ..."
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 12:30:42. |
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10/04/2004 12:32:29 PM · #8 |
| i'm all for it :) i did some conceptual 3d designs for a company hoping to bank on space tourim a few years back.. it's still around, but the interest hasn't been very big for investors.. hopefully this gives it a kick ( Space Island Group was the company.. i'd go back to working for them in a second when they get the invetments worked out.. //www.spaceislandgroup.com/home.html ) |
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10/04/2004 12:33:01 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Refracted:
i'm all for it :) i did some conceptual 3d designs for a company hoping to bank on space tourim a few years back.. it's still around, but the interest hasn't been very big for investors.. hopefully this gives it a kick ( Space Island Group was the company.. i'd go back to working for them in a second when they get the invetments worked out.. //www.spaceislandgroup.com/home.html ) |
The cheque is in the mail... |
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10/04/2004 12:42:31 PM · #10 |
| For those invest in stocks....and missed out in Microsoft windows 3.0 and 95...well, don't let this one be past up either.....I smell some money here, big money.. |
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10/04/2004 12:52:02 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by dustin03:
For those invest in stocks....and missed out in Microsoft windows 3.0 and 95...well, don't let this one be past up either.....I smell some money here, big money.. |
Lots of people smell the money now...it's those that smelt it before all the hype that will really be raking it in (eventually). |
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10/04/2004 02:00:43 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Refracted:
There were a few "less expensive" crafts i would have liked to see win this one instead.. |
after a few calculations I scrapped my idea of strapping a JATO rocket to my kayak.
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10/04/2004 02:12:41 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by TooCool:
and the X Prize has been won. Man's private exploration of space has begun! |
Sweet...I'm more confident than ever that I'll be able to blow my future childrens' inheritance on a trip to space! |
I'd blow the $200,000 to go, absolutely, if I had it. I figure at $3 for a latte, if I give up latte's I'll have enough to go in about ... let's see ... 200 years.
I don't smoke, [sarcasm] but here's something good about smoking. A smoker could shave 100 years off my 200 by also giving up smoking. Pays to be a smoker! [/sarcasm]
Edit: Damn typos!
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 14:14:52. |
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10/04/2004 02:42:23 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Digital Quixote:
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by TooCool:
and the X Prize has been won. Man's private exploration of space has begun! |
Sweet...I'm more confident than ever that I'll be able to blow my future childrens' inheritance on a trip to space! |
I'd blow the $200,000 to go, absolutely, if I had it. I figure at $3 for a latte, if I give up latte's I'll have enough to go in about ... let's see ... 200 years.
I don't smoke, [sarcasm] but here's something good about smoking. A smoker could shave 100 years off my 200 by also giving up smoking. Pays to be a smoker! [/sarcasm]
Edit: Damn typos! |
Well, being a crack addict makes this possible by the time I'm 42!
Thank you, Mr. "First-one's-free". |
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