1st Heinlein Prize Awarded

baxissimo writes "The first ever Heinlein prize for Advances in Space Commercialization is going to be awarded to Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, for various activities including his efforts as Founder and Chairman of the Ansari X Prize. The prize is a cool 1/2 million USD plus a few other nifty trinkets -- a gold Heinlein Medallion, the Lady Vivamus Sword (as described in Heinlein's book Glory Road) and a Laureate's Diploma. The award ceremony will be held in Houston, July 7, 2006. This prize has been around a good while (since Heinlein's death in 1988?) with no awardees. Hopefully this will make the existence of the prize a little more widely known, and help spur further developments like the X Prize."

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Science Fiction Classics

[loose electron]

Heinlein was one of the Sci-Fi authors that stimulated the imagination, while staying within the bounds (albeit loosely) of "possible" scientific reality.

Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Larry Niven, to name a few.

Heinlein also had some interesting commentary on some "not PC" topics as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange _Land

Do you grok? :)

Happy Birthday to Us!!!

[tringstad]

The award ceremony will be held in Houston, July 7, 2006.

The article doesn't mention it, but I assume this date was chosen because it is Heinlein's Birthday.

I know this because it is also mine, and I always thought that was cool.

-Tommy