
By Peter H. Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation Chairman & CEOToday, October 4th, is the 5 year anniversary of the winning of the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for spaceflight...

Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Five -- Brian Binnie Makes History One of the biggest concerns people have about space travel is whether or not it is safe. Yet, while I was launching into sub-orbit, the safety risk was the last thing on my mind...

Launching Commercial Space Travel - Part 4 Anousheh Ansari and Her $10 Million Purse Ever since I was a young girl in Iran, I have had a deep curiosity and active imagination which peak whenever I look up at the night sky...

Launching Commercial Space Travel - Part 3 Will Whitehorn and Virgin Galactic Want to Bring You to Space The '60s and '70s were space eras. NASA had launched the Apollo program (1963 - 1972), and with that, space exploration was alive...

To commomorate the 5th anniversary of the winning of the Ansari X PRIZE, every week through October 2, read the inspirational stories of the visionaries and heroes who turned their "crazy ideas" into a reality.Guest Blogger Dumitru Popescu: In 2000, I recruited a highly educated and skilled...

Many people look at the X PRIZE Foundation and say, "WOW" - what a great idea." What they may not know is how one person's initial concept evolves to that "WOW" stage of achievement. Here's my journey.I am a space cadet. Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space...

GM’s recent announcement that their forthcoming Volt will garner a 230 MPG fuel economy rating sparked a flurry of debate: How was that number derived? How will it hold up in real world driving conditions? And how do you calculate MPG for a vehicle that doesn’t run on gasoline alone? G...

X PRIZE Foundation How would you like to work for the X PRIZE Foundation? Well you can. We have a few open positions including: Senior Director of our $10M Genomics Prize, Senior Director Sponsor Services, Manager, Education and Public Outreach, $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE and Project Accountant (with Govt. contracts experience) for our Finance Dept.
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Due to the high volume of applications and resumés we receive, we are unable to provide status of applications and resumés. No telephone calls, please. Open Positions: FINANCE Project Accountant MARKETING & SPONSORSHIP Senior Director, Sponsor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “MOONBOTS” CHALLENGES PARENT-CHILD TEAMS TO CONDUCT GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE MISSIONS WITH LEGO ROBOTS Ma...

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Ladies and gentlegeeks, gather around, because today is a special day. Down Texas way -- specifically at the NI Week conference in Austin -- a number of

X PRIZE Foundation Check out the newly updated 2009 incentive2innovate (i2i) conference website. You can view amazing videos, images and slide presentations.
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In June 2009, around 300 C-Level executives gathered at the United Nations to learn from and interact with some of the leading innovators in government, business and philanthropy. Hosted by the X PRIZE ...

The McKinsey & Company Report, “And the winner is…” Capturing the Promise of Philanthropic Prizes was released March 3, 2009. The Report concluded that incentive prizes are a unique and powerful tool that should be in the basic toolkit of many of today’s philanthropists. The re...

















