Ansari X Prize

Personal Spaceflight Industry - Reflections on the Five Year Anniversary of the Ansari X PRIZE

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

The most important legacy and meaning of the Ansari X PRIZE on its five year anniversary lies in the fact that the event kicked off a new industry.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Five -- Brian Binnie Makes History

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

It was almost possible to forget that I was still driving this spaceship and would have the challenge of bringing it back down to earth.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Four -- Anousheh Ansari and Her $10 Million Purse

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

We had been looking for possibilities to go to space and perhaps find a way for others like us with to be able to do it as well. While some options existed, they lacked credibility.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Three - Will Whitehorn and Virgin Galactic Want to Bring You to Space

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

We anticipate that approximately 600 people will go to space in the first year that SpaceShipTwo begins space tours. That's essentially the total number of people who have ever gone to space.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Two -- Dumitru Popescu Builds His Dream Rocket

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

I told Burt Rutan, designer of Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne, in the presence of all the other competitors, that he would win the competition. This was hard for a lot of people to accept, but I was right.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part One - Finding the New Spirit of St. Louis

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spaceshipone, Peter Diamandis, X Prize Foundation, Charles Lindbergh, Ansari X PRIZE, Business News
Peter Diamandis

Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space. So, I studied medicine -- thinking that was my path to orbit, but alas, NASA didn't agree, so I had to find another plan -- a plan that led to the founding of the first X PRIZE.

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