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.
1522-3264;
Diamandis, Peter Rutan, Burt
Contests Manned space flight Reusable space vehicles Space tourism Space vehicles--Design and construction