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SpaceShot
Wants to Make Space 'Too Popular,' Offers Monthly Updates.
SpaceShot, Inc. Founder
Sam Dinkin wants to open space to the point where popular takes on
a negative
connotation,
he writes yesterday in what is the first of a monthly series of updates
to appear on The
Space Review. SpaceShot offers the chance for anyone
to win a ride
aboard
a Rocketplane
XP
suborbital
spaceship by playing an online game off its website. If everything
works according to plan, winners will take the space ride, potentially
worth US$200K, for the nominal fee of entering the contest -- $3.50.
Dinkin's goal is to open space to everyone, regardless of income
or social class. Dinkin writes that he felt compelled to give SpaceShot
a Latin motto, eventually settling on "Astrae Popularetis" -- "You
shall see the stars belong to the people." Dinkin notes that "populare"
can mean devastation and ruin, but decided to use it anyway because
the negative connotation for the English word (for example, "This
restaurant is too popular") fits right in with his goals for space.
Dinkin wants space to be "too popular." Dinkin notes how SpaceShot's
main competitor, VirginGalacticQuest.com,
will likely receive less press when SpaceShot partner Rocketplane
becomes the first suborbital
spaceflight
provider, not Virgin Galactic.
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