Tag: XPRIZE

Remember that scene in 'Avatar' when the crippled marine runs for the first time in his new body? We know it brought a tear to your eye. Well, a group of scientists and engineers (think of them as a nerdy version of the Justice League of America) recently gathered at M.I.T. to discuss bringing this concept from the big screen to real life. According to Singularity Hub, these guys want to ...

It wasn't all that long ago -- just about three years -- that aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and his company, Scaled Composites, won the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for being the first private corporation to reliably launch a manned spacecraft twice in two weeks. It was a monumental achievement, but it turns out that the X PRIZE Foundation that awarded the $10 million exists solely to "create ...