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EHM-1077 Emanuele:
Indeed the prize was mostly a stimulus, not a payback.
But the payback is clearly in licensing the technology
and carrying paying passengers up in space, and the
deal with Richard Branson's Virgin clearly show that.

I wouldn't be so sure about the Microsoft dude though.
There are plenty of people with big bucks.  I'd rather
think the merits go to people like Rutan and the rest
of the engineering team, for taking small steps toward
the final goal instead of risking everything in one lucky
shot.  

Ciao ciao!

Manu

EHM-1358 Tim:
Didnt they have to have 2 people in the spaceship?

EHM-0654 Murray:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by Tim
Didnt they have to have 2 people in the spaceship?
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Or (as is the case) ballast of equivalent weight...

EHM-0654 Murray:

--- Quote ---Originally posted by Tim
Didnt they have to have 2 people in the spaceship?
--- End quote ---
Or (as is the case) ballast of equivalent weight, which if (Bob forbid) everything went base over apex, would have meant a reduced loss of life...

EHM-0962 Zhen Yi:
I agree that the merits goes to the engineers but surely the big bucks would have helped? ;) Otherwise i don't think they would have achieved that so soon

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