ROCKET MAN.

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    • Subject Terms:
      XPRIZE Foundation Inc.
    • Subject Terms:
      DIAMANDIS, Peter, 1961-; ANSARI, Anousheh
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the career of Peter Diamandis, founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, which sponsors competitions for innovations in several fields, including space exploration, life sciences, and education. It particularly comments on Diamandis' influence on commercial space tourism, examining the Ansari X Prize, a competition sponsored by telecom entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari and her family to build a private reusable spacecraft. The author also reflects on Singularity University, an institution which offers a graduate program in entrepreneurial training.