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Selected Articles from
the August 2003
Odyssey

Editor: Kat Tanaka

The X Prize, past to the future.
X PRIZE - The past to the future!

The X PRIZE

The August Odyssey highlights the X PRIZE with three different views of the effort.

The X PRIZE is a $10,000,000 prize to jumpstart the space tourism industry through competition between the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world. The $10 Million cash prize will be awarded to the team that: Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carrythree people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles), Returns safely to Earth, and Repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks. http://www.xprize.org/press/what.html. Rules at http://www.xprize.org/teams/guidelines.html.

Opinions expressed by these essays reflect those of the indicated authors and do not necessarily represent the views of OASIS, the National Space Society or any other person or entity.

X Prize image courtesy of the X PRIZE Foundation.

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