] "The Ansari X Prize is stimulating the re-examination of
] a premise that has gone almost unchallenged for decades -
] that 'rocket science' can only be undertaken by
] governments and corporations with billions of dollars at
] their disposal," Carmack points out on the X Prize web
] site. "It doesn't have to be that way, because we have
] advantages at our disposal today that no government on
] earth had at the beginning of the space age - the amazing
] advances in electronics, computerized manufacturing
] processes, in-place space assets like GPS and satellite
] data systems, and, of course, several decades of
] hindsight. I expect people to remain skeptical, but an
] existence proof will change the conversation completely."

[ That's why X Prize was created, and I agree wholeheartedly on this... this gonna be huge. -k]