Emlyn wrote:
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> 10 billion might raise a few more eyebrows; this is expensive stuff! 10
> million would hardly pay Doug's wages for a month, or Spike's, for that
> matter.
The Xprize is currently only funded to $5 million, Peter Diamandis has
kinda stalled out on getting more sponsorship- but if the full ten
million were there, several groups would likely be able to get venture
funding to pursue the prize. $1E7 would pay a bunch of wages for a long
time, if managed well...
Take a look at the rocket plane racing thread that was on
sci.space.policy about a month back. More I won't say.
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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