The X PRIZE is an international competition for the practical demonstration of the first reusable craft capable of taking three people to the edge of space (62 miles) and back. The X PRIZE is modeled after the great aviation prizes of the 1920's and 1930's. A particular example is the Orteig Prize of $25,000 which resulted in Charles Lindbergh's landmark flight from New York to Paris in 1927. This flight transformed aviation from the category of `stunts' to the beginnings of the multi-billion dollar aviation industry which has linked the world.


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    Title :

    The X-Prize Competition


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Sixth ASCE Specialty Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space ; 1998 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States


    Published in:

    Space 98 ; 140-150


    Publication date :

    1998-04-21




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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