 Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is considered a key figure in the development of the personal spaceflight industry, having created many space-related businesses or organizations. He is the founder and chair of the X PRIZE Foundation, an educational, non-profit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.
His foundation is best known for offering the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private-sector manned spaceflight, a prize that was won in October of 2004 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and famed aviation designer Burt Rutan with SpaceShipOne, the world's first non-government piloted spacecraft. More recently, Diamandis has created the Rocket Racing League. Born as a cross between Indy car racing and rocket powered flight, RRL is developing a brand new motor sport.
Besides serving as chair of the X PRIZE Foundation, Diamandis is also the CEO and co-founder of Zero Gravity Corporation, which offers parabolic weightless flights to the general public. He is also the co-founder and a director of Space Adventures, Ltd., the company that has flown four private citizens on Soyuz to the International Space Station.
Web site: www.diamandis.com
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