The legacy of the X-Prize

The BBC has an interesting article about how the Ansari X-Prize - recently given out for the development of a privately owned, reusable spacecraft - concept could be used to spur activity in other areas where scientific or technological breakthroughs are sought.

Anything helps, I suppose, but incenting researchers to find, say, a cure for cancer with prize money doesn't seem like it would add significantly to the enormous amount of time and money that's already spent pursuing that goal.

Posted by Dan on October 19, 2004 at 09:58 AM | TrackBack