X-Prize
Biff Pileon
04-10-2004, 16:14
Well, it is over. Spaceship One has won the X-Prize by going into space twice in one week. *YAY*
The Silver Turtle
04-10-2004, 16:38
Dammit! Piece of trash...Curse my lack of age and money and manufacturing capabilities and time, I wanted that damn prize...
Ah well, I suppose I should be happy that the commercial space industry has begun its takeoff...
*groans at pun*
Biff Pileon
04-10-2004, 16:40
Dammit! Piece of trash...Curse my lack of age and money and manufacturing capabilities and time, I wanted that damn prize...
Ah well, I suppose I should be happy that the commercial space industry has begun its takeoff...
*groans at pun*
Well, it cost them $20 million to win the $10 million prize. However, the future will make that investment all the better.
The Silver Turtle
04-10-2004, 16:44
Let's hope so...
*again shakes fist at people with more money than him*
Bodies Without Organs
04-10-2004, 17:40
Spaceship One has won the X-Prize by going into space twice in one week.
A triumph of technology, but a failure of imaginiation - I mean, what a fucking terrible name for a spaceship. It is hardly going to resonate through history with the same strength as names like the Kittyhawk, the Spirit Of St Louis is it?
Kinsella Islands
04-10-2004, 17:55
Wooohoo!
You're right about the name, though. They could have been a bit more creative, you'd think.
Legless Pirates
04-10-2004, 17:57
"Space for Cash"
The Silver Turtle
04-10-2004, 18:19
It is hardly going to resonate through history with the same strength as names like the Kittyhawk, the Spirit Of St Louis is it?
Yep, but it will help make it less of a historic achievement and bring space travel closer to the norm...