Rutan to bag 10 million dollar XPrize tomorrow!
Nov 5, 2004 12: 45 EST
So they won the XPrize. But when will they get the money?
Tomorrow! That's 10 million dollars, guys!
The check awarding ceremony for the American Mojave Aerospace ventures team that recently won the $10 million Ansari XPrize will take place 10:30 am, Sat, Nov. 6, 2004 at St. Louis Science Center and St. Louis University High School.
The American Mojave Aerospace team, including team leader Burt Rutan, will accept the Ansari XPrize during a special public ceremony.
In order to win the $10 million prize, American Mojave Aerospace's SpaceShipOne successfully completed two privately financed, manned suborbital space flights, to a minimum of 100km (62.5 miles), within a 14 day time period.
SpaceShipOne completed the first flight Wed., Sept. 29, and the second flight Mon., Oct. 4 to capture the prize.
The Ansari X PRIZE was founded by the New Spirit of St. Louis members who created the prize to further commercial space endeavors. The Ansari family is the title sponsor of the prize.
The new prize
October 9, The X Prize Foundation (XPF) and the World Technology Network (WTN) announced the launch of a public outreach period to help select and sponsor a series of new technology prizes, the WTN X Prizes, developed on the heels of the successful Ansari X Prize competition.
"Holy grail"
Intended to spur innovation in a variety of critical scientific and technological arenas and in response to great technological, social, and environmental challenges, areas of focus might cover goals in fields such as energy, medicine, information and communications technology, and nanotechnology.
These "holy grail" goals might include cures for major diseases, teleportation, molecular assemblers, cold fusion and a wide variety of others with truly major societal implications.
Meet the greatest challenges
Competition objectives include seeking to meet the greatest challenges and opportunities facing humanity in the 21st century.
The World Technology Network (WTN) is comprised of over 800 individuals and organizations from over 50 countries nominated and judged by their peers to be the most innovative in the technology world. The organization brings key players together to assist in jumpstarting important technological breakthroughs.
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