Comments on: New X Prizes http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/02/01/402/new-x-prizes/ A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: da kine http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/02/01/402/new-x-prizes/#comment-2356 da kine Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:56:26 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/02/01/402/new-x-prizes/#comment-2356 Fuck the man. The Gubmint saw how successful the X Prize was for space travel, and the first thing they did was not celebrate (Hey! Private interests can do it!) but started drafting legislation to address safety concerns. I would normally agree that fat-cat Republicans would find a reason to stymie this sort of advance, but the fact that gas prices are so high and everyone buys non-American might mean the Big Three are out of the cool club. Fuck the man. The Gubmint saw how successful the X Prize was for space travel, and the first thing they did was not celebrate (Hey! Private interests can do it!) but started drafting legislation to address safety concerns.

I would normally agree that fat-cat Republicans would find a reason to stymie this sort of advance, but the fact that gas prices are so high and everyone buys non-American might mean the Big Three are out of the cool club.

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