From yesterday's Boston Globe, Ideas Section, "Off to the $pace races":
" This summer, the X Prize may finally achieve its Lindbergh moment. Tomorrow morning, Scaled Composites of Mojave, Calif., the leading competitor among the 27 teams from seven countries currently registered for the competition, will launch its first test-flight to the X Prize-mandated altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) over the California desert, which if successful will make its pilot the first civilian to fly a nongovernment vehicle into space. "
" If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. " - Antoine de Saint-ExuperyPosted by Martial