1st Heinlein Prize Awarded

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday June 26, 2006 @05:07AM from the should-be-auctioned-off dept.

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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OPEN LETTER TO SLASHDOT MDERATORS AND CMDRTACO by Anonymous Coward · 2006-06-26 05:13 · Score: -1, Troll

I just dropped a deuce out of my caboose. Pinched a loaf. Dropped a fudge rope. Reading slashdot seems to be very conducive to that.
$500,000 by andrewman327 · 2006-06-26 05:16 · Score: -1, Troll

So the X-prize was worth $10,000,000 and he was rewarded with a $500,000 reward? Rip off!

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HAHA ITS AN ASCII PENIS by VIGILANTROLL · 2006-06-26 05:34 · Score: -1, Troll

WHERE!!!1 ())====D
Who'd accept a Heinlein Prize? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-06-26 10:05 · Score: -1, Troll

Unless it came with a *huge* amount of cash, being associated with that talentless hack is the last thing I'd want.