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New $50 Million Space Prize for Orbital Flight, Development of an 'Inflatable' Space Station
PR Newswire ^
| 09/27/04
Posted on 09/27/2004 6:38:34 PM PDT by KevinDavis
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In an exclusive story in its September 27 issue, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports that a new $50 million "America's Space Prize" is being established by a millionaire space entrepreneur. The prize will go to the first team that can build a commercial space transport capable of sending 5-7 astronauts at a time into orbit.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: space; spacestation
Wow....
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
09/27/2004 6:39:00 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
Really, really big swing set!!!
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posted on
09/27/2004 6:42:15 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: KevinDavis
Does it come with inflatable female space astronaut? ;)
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posted on
09/27/2004 6:43:49 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: KevinDavis
did someone say inflatable? (please photoshop Kerry into this pic!)
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posted on
09/27/2004 6:44:49 PM PDT
by
dubie
To: KevinDavis
It seems like it's all starting to come together now. We could very well have a private hotel on the moon by the time NASA gets back there.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:18:18 PM PDT
by
Brett66
(Dan Rather, the most busted man in America.)
To: Brett66
That is true.. I have a feeling that space is only science crowd is probaly having a hissy fit right now.
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:22:20 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
Inflating it shouldn't be hard - just put a few hundred pounds of popcorn in there. In space, just open up the plastic wrapper and let the sun do the rest. Really big Jiffy-Pop. Also, a source of food. Just doing my part...
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posted on
09/27/2004 7:30:36 PM PDT
by
searchandrecovery
(Socialist America - diseased and dysfunctional.)
To: searchandrecovery
Inflating it shouldn't be hard - just put a few hundred pounds of popcorn in there. In space, just open up the plastic wrapper and let the sun do the rest. Really big Jiffy-Pop. Also, a source of food. Just doing my part...Thanks for the tip. And when I'm ready, you can be my test pilot.
To: KevinDavis
NASA? That's so 9/28/04.*
* Watch the skies over Mojave on Wednesday, 9/29 to understand the significance of this statement.
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posted on
09/28/2004 12:07:45 AM PDT
by
anymouse
(NASA? That's so 9/28/04)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/28/2004 10:02:30 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: Vince Ferrer
But will the astronauts ever stop smelling like butter? :)
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