Rules Set for $50 Million 'America’s Space Prize'

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
The ground rules have been laid for the next iteration of 'America's Space Prize'.
Anyone who wants to follow in the shoes of Burt Rutan and win the next big space prize will have to build a spacecraft capable of taking a crew of no fewer than five people to an altitude of 400 kilometers and complete two orbits of the Earth at that altitude. Then they have to repeat that accomplishment within 60 days. While the first flight must demonstrate only the ability to carry five crew members, the winner will have to take at least five people up on the second flight. And one more thing. They have to do it by Jan. 10, 2010.
Source: Space News

Comments

  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited November 2004
    [22:55:20] Greg: "4 The spacecraft must dock or demonstrate its ability to dock with a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space habitat, and be capable of remaining on station at least six (6) months"
    [22:55:20] Greg: that's kinda lame

  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited November 2004
    (above)
    what a friend of mine pointed out to me

    have to agree with him there
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Just think: one of our grandchildren will invent the first warp drive, he/she will be observed flashing in warp by the Vulcans....

    The rest is history --- in the future. :scratch::thumbsup:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    So, which one of us has the surname of Cochrane? ;D
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited November 2004
    johnny? ;D
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