Author Topic: X Prize "has been WON!!!" (Read 1029 times)

midnight Target · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2004, 02:49:33 PM »

Those Google guys are pretty hip..

Ripsnort · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2004, 03:22:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Umm...frankly having Rutan run for President bodes ill for the US economy.

Could someone please tell me how much was spent to earn this $10million?

I'm willing to bet it was upwards of $50Million.

It is kind of like the old adage:

To make $1million in the Jazz business you need to invest $2million.

He's certainly secured orders for future craft if the exposure is needed. From a marketing standpoint, that "difference" between the money spent and money from the prize was probably some of the cheapest advertisement for his existing line of aircraft. Ingenious!

Otto · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2004, 03:28:48 PM »

Great job....!

Just shows what Free Enterprise can do. NASA couldn't buy lunch for what Rutan spent to reach Space.

Curval · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2004, 04:44:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
He's certainly secured orders for future craft if the exposure is needed. From a marketing standpoint, that "difference" between the money spent and money from the prize was probably some of the cheapest advertisement for his existing line of aircraft. Ingenious!

Don't count those chickens just yet (the road to have this commercially viable is a long and bumpy one), but you are right.

Otto too...if this was a government job it would have been well over my estimates.

Scootter · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2004, 04:44:38 PM »

I saw a shot of Space Ship One being pulled of the runway with an American pick up truck, Priceless I tell you.

Lets see NASA use a few more pick up trucks.

Only in America

Ripsnort · « **Reply #20 on:** October 04, 2004, 04:46:50 PM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Don't count those chickens just yet (the road to have this commercially viable is a long and bumpy one), but you are right.

Uh, ahem, curval Ruttan has been selling commercial and private aviation for some time now.
http://www.rutanaircraft.com/htmlpages/rutancompany.html

I can see the adverts now...."Want to know how good our planes are? Well some go to space!"

You just can't get marketing as cheap as he just did.

Curval · « **Reply #21 on:** October 04, 2004, 04:53:13 PM »

Very cool, I didn't realise that.

schizer · « **Reply #22 on:** October 04, 2004, 05:02:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Very cool, I didn't realise that.

Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft financed the project, so the $10million wasnt even an issue, it was being the first and then liscensing the technology out. Guess what Richard Branson of Virgin fame already announced that he would use the technology to make private spaceflights at 200k a ride. His company is called Virgin Galactic.

J_A_B · « **Reply #23 on:** October 04, 2004, 08:31:02 PM »

"Just shows what Free Enterprise can do. NASA couldn't buy lunch for what Rutan spent to reach Space."

Seems to me NASA was doing this back in the 1960's. NASA had men on the moon less than 10 yeas after its first manned space flight. Lets see if Free Enterprise can match that....40 years later.

J_A_B

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #24 on:** October 05, 2004, 01:17:13 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Umm...frankly having Rutan run for President bodes ill for the US economy.

Could someone please tell me how much was spent to earn this $10million?

I'm willing to bet it was upwards of $50Million.

It is kind of like the old adage:

To make $1million in the Jazz business you need to invest $2million.

I beleive they said the cost was something like 25 milllion

slightly less then the rate of return on an average US government project reguardless of who is in office LOL

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #25 on:** October 05, 2004, 01:24:39 AM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
"Just shows what Free Enterprise can do. NASA couldn't buy lunch for what Rutan spent to reach Space."

Seems to me NASA was doing this back in the 1960's. NASA had men on the moon less than 10 yeas after its first manned space flight. Lets see if Free Enterprise can match that....40 years later.

J_A_B

Probably. and probably at about half the cost too.

I can picture it now.

"Come stay at the moonside Hilton with a spectacular view of the earths depleateing Ozone layer. Get sunfried in notime at all in our new solar lounge. and dont forget your golfclubs for our driving range where the balls seem to fly forever. Experiance Tennis like never before in on our zero gravity state of the art tennis courts"

CyranoAH · « **Reply #26 on:** October 05, 2004, 01:39:44 AM »

Oh and remember, on the moon, if you build a dome with oxygen in it, you can wear some kind of wings, flap your arms, and you'd be flying... amazing, ain't it?

Daniel

rpm · « **Reply #27 on:** October 05, 2004, 02:05:33 AM »

Too bad there's no oil on the moon.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #28 on:** October 05, 2004, 03:29:49 AM »

Hah! That's what THEY want you to believe!!

Did you know the flag they planted punctured an oil diposit sending the pole several hundred meters into the air?

You heard it here first.

Daniel

Heater · « **Reply #29 on:** October 05, 2004, 03:36:55 AM »

10 Years from now... somewhere on the New Aces High 9.0

Voss....When I flew spaceship one on the 3rd flight.......