The Ansari X PRIZE was a space competition in which the X PRIZE Foundation offered a US$10,000,000 prize for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks.

The Ansari X PRIZE was a space competition in which the X PRIZE Foundation offered a US$10,000,000 prize for the first non-government organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice within two weeks. It was modeled after early 20th-century aviation prizes, and aimed to spur development of low-cost spaceflight. The prize was won on October 4, 2004, the 47th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch, by the Tier One project designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, using the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne. $10 million was awarded to the winner, but more than $100 million was invested in new technologies in pursuit of the prize.

The second X PRIZE, the Archon X PRIZE, was announced in October 2006 by the X PRIZE Foundation. The third X Prize, the Automotive X Prize, was announced shortly thereafter. The fourth X Prize, the Google Lunar X Prize, was announced in September 2007.

In our second podcast, Michael has a great conversation with Will Pomerantz (@Pomerantz) of XPrize.org. We get the skinny on how the Google Lunar X PRIZE is changing the face of the spaceflight landscape. Email podcast@evadot.com or ... Evadot Podcast #2 – An Interview with Will Pomerantz of XPrize.org; When you only have 38911 bytes free, maybe it is easier to get to the moon; Forget Apple, SpaceX is the most important company of 2009; Get your shirt on – Apollo 11 ... Evadot Podcast #3 – An interview with Bob Richards of Odyssey Moon; Chris Hughes: Augmented reality made easy; Evadot Podcast #2 – An Interview with Will Pomerantz of XPrize.org; When you only have 38911 bytes free, maybe it is easier ... autoblog.xprize.org.org/axp/2009/03/progressive-insurance-automotive-x-prize-registration-update.html. xprizecars.com/2008/08/goodwinyoung-lincvolt.php. Cheering on and supporting the teams like Neil Young's seems to me to be the kind of ...