We ought to know, because he is the one who made it possible for all the projects to go ahead. The article is here.
From the time he was a child in Long Island, smitten by images of the Apollo moon landings, Diamandis has poured his heart and soul into researching space and trying to speed up his chances of getting there. He gave up on the idea of government-sponsored space flight after the 1986 Challenger disaster derailed NASA's space shuttle program. The quickest route to space, he decided, would be through privately funded missions. So Diamandis set out to make it possible.
In 1980, as a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he founded Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, which now has chapters all over the world. He hosted conferences, gave speeches, wrote papers and became the natural leader of a like-minded band of brothers who followed the teaching of futurist and Princeton University physicist Gerard O'Neill.
"The meek shall inherit the earth. The rest of us are going to the stars." It became Diamandis' mantra.
And so it goes. If you want to know what kind of man conceives of a private enterprise future in space, read the article.
Yanks Lose Again
Once more into the breach, but the Red Sox came off late-inning winners yet again in a 5 hour match. The yankees lost 5-4. The ALCS series now heads back to the Bronx. Rivera blew a save yet again, but this time, it was because Tom Gordon put runners on the ccorner. These things happen... to other teams; but to the Yankees? Yowza!
- Art Neuro
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