[extropy-chat] SPACE: The next race: America's space Prize

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Kevin Freels <cmcmortgage at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> $50 million and a possible $1 billion in contracts
> to the winner!
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&ncid=753&e=10&u=/space/20041108/sc_space/exclusiverulessetfor50millionamericasspaceprize

Yeah, but look at the deadline.  A number of people
(myself included) have been advocating that the 2010
goal should be something short of orbit - say, a
suborbital but significant distance point-to-point
hop, like L.A. to Tokyo, or at least Mojave to Maine.
Else one runs a severe risk that no one will show up
for the challenge in time.  (Especially with the
added,
though relatively minor, complication of docking
capability.)