The New Mexico proposal was stronger, specifically on the strength of their financial bid. Governor Richardson is personally very excited about the whole space business and about building New Mexico into a central hub for public spaceflight. |
The Rocket Racing League will inspire people of all ages to once again look up into the sky to find inspiration and excitement, |
There is a tremendous economy of scale when you can manage multiple prizes though a single organization … since after a prize is announced, there is a lot of waiting and coaching until the teams start making attempts. |
These teams with their different approaches show real out-of-the-box thinking, |
These teams with their different approaches show real out-of-the-box thinking. That's what the Ansari X Prize is doing...allowing people to innovate and learn how to operate a new class of vehicle. |
These vehicles will literally sport a 20-foot bright brilliant flame out the back. |
This is where innovation begins. It's all part of the same…mission, which is to make space personally accessible to the public. |
This past fall, Zero-G was used in the premiere of season two of the TV show 'The Biggest Loser.' For this airing the producers created a competition where teams needed to gather colored plastic balls that were released and floated free. It was a very successful competition with great visuals. |
Today we have made history. Today we go to the stars. |
We are very proud of our partnership with New Mexico, Las Cruses and Governor Richardson, ... We're working to make the X Prize Cup an exciting annual event that will move the industry forward at the same time that it allows the public to personally participate in the future of the personal spaceflight revolution. |
We are very proud of our partnership with New Mexico, Las Cruses and Governor Richardson. We're working to make the X Prize Cup an exciting annual event that will move the industry forward at the same time that it allows the public to personally participate in the future of the personal spaceflight revolution. |
We expect that the first X Prize Cup will actually occur in the summer of 2006. We have a couple of years to get the infrastructure in place, ... We're basically creating a new business model for the whole space business including media, sponsorships...and the X Prize Cup is an important part of that. |
We expect that the first X Prize Cup will actually occur in the summer of 2006. We have a couple of years to get the infrastructure in place. We're basically creating a new business model for the whole space business including media, sponsorships...and the X Prize Cup is an important part of that. |
We need to be willing to take risks we were willing to at the beginning of space exploration and every other frontier, ... We're not going to have these breakthroughs until we have a profitable industry. |
We went through a lengthy selection process ... narrowing it down to Florida and New Mexico. Both states provided us their best and final bid and they both offered very attractive opportunities. |