Xprize Fundraiser / Awesome Auction Items

[SBS 0]

Not that any of us were allowed to bid, or could afford them, but there was a fundraiser tonight for the Xprize (at $1250 a plate), and a couple of the items that we were drooling over:

1) Trip for 2 into ZeroG with Stephen Hawking ($20k) (edited to add Robin Williams' comments... "ladies and gentlemen, Stephen Hawking is not a projectile". And after 5 minutes of immpersonating his electronic voice, "has anyone ever noticed that electronic voice boxes sound an aweful lot like Pakistany taxi drivers?")
2) Trips to Richard Branson's private homes, one in Africa, one on Necker Island, topped off by a trip on Virgin Galactic. ($300k+)
3) A custom made Fisker Automobile. You get to choose the Italian leather personally with Mr. Fisker. http://www.supercarnews.net/2006-fisker-tramonto ($300k+) (I think the car auctioned is actually nicer than the one in the link)

They raised over $2MM towards their next prizes. It'll be interesting what they come up with. I believe next is Automotive where the prize will be $25MM.

Maybe someday when I have a few hundred thousand burning a hole in my pocket.

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I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

[airtwardo 7]

Sweet!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[GravityJunky 0]

Oohh Sorry airtwardo, I just drooled & slobbered, all over that Gorgeous interior!
<<<< $ 500.00 Here
Get that detailed!

*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

[JENNR8R 0]

Impractical... Where is the drink cup? And where would you put the cooler?

What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy
ones? -- Monday.

[MF42 0]

Did I miss something? I thought the x-prize was won by Rutan and Spaceship One a few years ago.

Matt

[Gene03 0]

Very nice ride...but it still wouldn't help me get laid.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

[SBS 0]

It's a new competition. That was the Space XPrize. Now they have just started a Genome competition that began in the summer and they expect to go 3-5 years, and they will start an Automotive XPrize soon to build a fuel efficient and environmentally safe vehicle.

Here are the actual areas: Transportation, Genomics, Energy, Space, Education, Water, Medicine, Social, Nanotechnology.

-S

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I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

[ryoder 1,572]

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3) A custom made Fisker Automobile. You get to choose the Italian leather personally with Mr. Fisker. http://www.supercarnews.net/2006-fisker-tramonto ($300k+) (I think the car auctioned is actually nicer than the one in the link)

A new model from Fisker that looks like it will give the Tesla some serious competition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisker_Karma

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.