Farewell Dog

I'm saying goodbye to our dog. He has been a kind and loyal animal. He will be missed.

The WTN X Prize

The X Prize has expanded its scope to include some of the greatest challenges facing mankind in this century. The WTN X Prize will build upon the success of the X Prize Foundation's Ansari X Prize Space Race competition and launch a series of technology prizes in the fields of transportation, longevity, medicine, nanotechnology, alternative energy, and even millenium development goals among many other potential breakthroughs.

Imagine the possibilities considering how this ten million dollar prize had just spurred the development of private space travel in only eight years!

"There are over billions of people on the planet, almost each of whom has a dream for a better world. The chances of us finding a truly worthwhile series of challenges for the WTN X PRIZE competitions over the coming years are that much greater the more suggestions we receive. We are asking you because your dreams are the repository of an enormous amount of creativity and hope. In the spirit of man’s first reach into space, we ask you to stretch your imagination to help take humanity to the next level. Are you up to the challenge?" - WTN X Prize

I guess there will always be hope as long as there are people who dream.

The Ansari X-Prize

Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne has won the Ansari X-Prize! Two flights to sub-orbital space were accomplished in six days, the first piloted by Mike Melvill and the second piloted by Brian Binnie. Sub-orbital space, here I come :)