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Rules Set for $50 Million America's Space Prize

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-have-enough-fun-with-the-x-preise dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to say that The rules have been set for Robert Bigelow's $50 million 'America's Space Prize'. The gist of it is that the winner needs to get a crew of five people up 400km, complete two orbits of the Earth, and then do it again within 60 days. I've got a gremlin and a huge rubber band... now if I only had 4 friends!

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  1. Re:Better Idea by WyerByter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And that doesn't include all the rare and endagered birds that would be killed trying to fly through the blades. Some animal activist groups are already trying to nix the wind power idea.

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