Word: entrepreneurism
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...tell anyone up here but I've lost a few little things already, like my lip-gloss." ANOUSHEH ANSARI, entrepreneur who paid $20 million for a visit to the International Space Station, blogging from space about the difficulty of keeping track of her things in zero-gravity conditions
ANOUSHEH ANSARI, entrepreneur who paid $20 million for a visit to the International Space Station, blogging from space about the difficulty of keeping track of her things in zero-gravity conditions...
...without federal funding or infrastructure. Two years ago, in what space buffs call the industry's "Charles Lindbergh moment," SpaceShipOne ferried passengers to space twice within two weeks to win the $10 million X Prize which, coincidentally, was sponsored by the family of Anousheh Ansari, the Dallas high-tech entrepreneur who is currently visiting the International Space Station as a paying customer...
...Among the better known industry pioneers is British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson who is moving the SpaceShipOne concept forward in a company called Virgin Galactic with plans to manufacture enough similar crafts to begin commercial operations from New Mexico in a few years. And after picking up the pieces from Monday's launch, UP Aerospace has scheduled nine more flights over the next year...
...American people play a key role in the story. The merry-go-round is not just a simple piece of playground equipment. It's a PlayPump water system. Lack of access to clean water is one of Africa's biggest health challenges. Through technology developed by an African entrepreneur, the children are pumping clean water for their village when they turn the merry-go-round...