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	IT Conversations: Peter Diamandis
		Peter Diamandis is a pioneer and leader in the commercial space arena.
		Peter is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation which recently awarded a $10,000,000 prize for private spaceflight.
		Peter is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School and the winner of the Konstantine Tsiolkovsky Award, the Aviation and Space Technology Laurel, and the 2003 World Technology Award for Space.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail765.html (470 words)

	Rocket Racing League
		Peter H. Diamandis is a pioneer and leader in the commercial space arena having created many of the leading commercial space companies opening the personal spaceflight industry.
		Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation (www.xprize.org), which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE (www.xprize.org) for private spaceflight and is now implementing prizes in a variety of different arenas.
		Diamandis is a co-founder of Space Adventures, Inc. (www.spaceadventures.com), the company which brokered Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth's flight to the International Space Station.
	www.rocketracingleague.com /bio_peter-diamandis.html (327 words)

	Peter Diamandis and Will Steger to receive 2006 Lindbergh awards
		On Friday night, May 19, Dr. Peter Diamandis, chairman and chief executive officer of the XPRIZE Foundation, and arctic explorer Will Steger, will accept their awards at an event to be held at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
		"Peter Diamandis and Will Steger are both consummate explorers, each in his own very different, and very exciting way," said Reeve Lindbergh, honorary chairwoman of the Foundation and youngest child of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
		Peter Diamandis, a pioneer in the development of incentive prizes, will be recognized with the 2006 Lindbergh Award for his ability to inspire the brightest minds on Earth to tackle some of the most pressing issues in the world today.
	www.hometownsource.com /2006/May/3lindyawards.html (1058 words)

	The space visionary behind the X Prize - The New Space Race - MSNBC.com
		Pat Carter / AP Peter Diamandis wears a flight suit as he stands near an airplane converted for reduced-gravity flights at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Zero Gravity Corp. is one of the ventures he helped found, along with the X Prize Foundation.
		Peter Diamandis wasn’t thinking about history as he stood in the Mojave Desert and watched a small, shuttlecock-shaped craft glide back to Earth, having nudged the edge of space.
		Diamandis moved on to Harvard Medical School largely to please his parents, who were more than a little baffled by their only son’s obsession.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6248958 (1824 words)

	Peter Diamandis to receive inaugural Heinlein Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Dr. Diamandis will be honored at a dinner and award ceremony on July 7, 2006 at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston, Texas, and receive $500,000, a gold Heinlein Medallion, the Lady Vivamus Sword (as described in Heinlein's book Glory Road), and a Laureate's Diploma.
		Diamandis is a pioneer and leader in the commercial space arena.
		Diamandis is best known as Founder and Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, whose $10 million Ansari X PRIZE sparked the birth of the personal spaceflight industry.
	www.sfwa.org /news/2006/06heinleinprize.htm (173 words)

	HobbySpace - An Interview with Peter Diamandis
		Diamandis kindly agree to answer some questions that I sent him concerning the project's latest developments, the challenges of creating such a contest, and how the X PRIZE could put us on a path to low cost access to space.
		Diamandis: The use of two terms is a carry over from the start of the competition.
		Diamandis: The X PRIZE is fully funded through January 1, 2005, through private donations and backed by an insurance policy to guarantee that the $10 million is in place on the day that the prize is won.
	hobbyspace.com /AAdmin/archive/Interviews/Advocacy/PeterDiamandis.html (3611 words)

	Zero Gravity Team
		Diamandis co-founded ZERO-G as a means to permit the public to experience the excitement of space on a first-hand basis.
		Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the
		Peter Diamandis received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace engineering from the MIT and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
	www.gozerog.com /team.htm (1427 words)

	Dr. Peter Henry Diamandis ’83, SM ’88 HST ‘89
		Peter Henry Diamandis ’83, SM ’88 HST ‘89
		To that end, Diamandis built companies and organizations to create the technology, the marketplace and the leadership required to irreversibly pry open the space frontier (www.diamandis.com) and lower the cost to get there.
		Diamandis is also the Chairman of Zero-Gravity Corporation, a commercial space company that offers weightless parabolic flights in FAA-certified Boeing 727-200 aircraft ($3750 per seat).
	alum.mit.edu /ne/noteworthy/profiles/diamandis.html (469 words)

	Dr. Peter H. Diamandis speaks as part of Dean's Innovative Leader Series - MIT Sloan School of Management
		Diamandis, founder, chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, will speak to the MIT Sloan community Thursday, Oct. 27, as part of the Dean's Innovative Leader Series and in conjunction with MIT Sloan Innovation Period (SIP).
		Diamandis established the X PRIZE Foundation in 1995, after reading a copy of Charles Lindbergh's A Sprit of St. Louis.
		Now, Diamandis and the foundation have established new X PRIZE awards aimed at catalyzing innovation in such fields as energy, the environment, genomics, nanotechnology, and the social arena.
	mitsloan.mit.edu /newsroom/2005-diamandis.php (615 words)

	Peter Diamandis
		Peter Diamandis is the chairman of the X Prize Foundation, an organization dedicated to opening the space frontier to average people.
		Besides serving as chairman 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.
		Diamandis is considered a key figure in the develoment of the private space industry, having created many space-related businesses or organizations.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/new/PeterDiamandis.html (296 words)

	Peter Diamandis Needs To Apologize (And He Did) \| NASA Watch
		Editor's note: Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X-prize Foundation, spoke at an award ceremony Friday night in Los Angeles.
		Despite multiple opportunities immediately after that event Diamandis did not attempt to explain or apologize to the attendees or media in attendance - thus leaving his words to stand - and speak for themselves.
		Peter Diamandis clearly aspires to be a leader in the space movement and open up space access to a broader range of people.
	www.nasawatch.com /archives/2006/05/peter_diamandis.html (794 words)

	Zero Gravity Corporation - the weightless parabolic flight provider
		Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G®), a privately held, space entertainment and tourism company, and the first and only FAA-approved provider of Weightless Flight for the general public.
		Diamandis received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
		Diamandis is a sought-after speaker on commercial space travel, and has received a number of awards including MIT's Kresge Award, the 1986 Space Industrialization Fellowship, the 1988 Aviation Week and Space Technology Laurel, the 1993 Space Frontier Pioneer Award, and the Russian 1995 K. Tsiolkovsky Award.
	www.gozerog.com /articleID/1.htm (444 words)

	Peter's Drive to Mars? \| MarsDrive Consortium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As a keynote speaker at dinner on day three of the International Space Development Conference, Peter Diamandis, founder of the X Prize, Zero G Corporation, and Rocket Racing League, foreshadowed a major coming announcement—the establishment of a private foundation to support the human exploration of Mars.
		Expected to come later this year, Dr. Diamandis forecasts that he might be able to raise as much as $3 billion USD from either (a) 10,000 people willing to commit $100,000, (b) 1,000 people willing to commit $1 million, or (c) 100 people willing to commit $10 million.
		Diamandis contends that, with the right fund managers, a rate of return as much as 17% could be achieved, allowing for return doubling every half-decade.
	marsdrive.com /node/376 (378 words)

	The 8th International Mars Society Conference: X Prize Architect to Speak at Mars Society Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter Diamandis, the founder of the X-Prize competition which resulted in the creation of Burt Rutan's SpaceshipOne, the first privately developed piloted spacecraft, will give a plenary talk at the 8th International Mars Society Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder August 11-14th, 2005.
		Diamandis is also the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation (www.nogravity.com) a commercial space company that offers FAA-certified weightless flights utilizing a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft.
		Peter is a Founder and Trustee of the International Space University (www.isunet.edu) where he served as the University's first Managing Director.
	www.marssociety.org /convention/2005/xprize.html (278 words)

	Peter Diamandis
		Peter Diamandis is the brains behind the X Prize Foundation, an organization intent on spurring innovation in the development of private low-cost space travel through competitions like the aviation prizes of the 1920s and 1930s.
		It also recently announced the WTN X Prize, a series of competitions that will cover all areas of science and technology, the categories of which are still being determined.
		Diamandis also co-founded the International Space University in France in 1987.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/top10_imaginationsatwork-7.html (127 words)

	SPACE.com -- Heinlein Prize Trust to Honor X Prize Founder, Peter Diamandis
		Diamandis is a leader in the area of commercial space exploration.
		At first, Diamandis wanted to be a NASA astronaut; over time, he committed himself to the idea of commercial space exploration (as opposed to national efforts).
		Diamandis remarks "I believe opening the space frontier is critical for the future of humanity, and making space a viable commercial endeavor is paramount to opening this frontier."
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technovel_heinlein_060627.html (483 words)

	SPACE.com -- Private Moon Trips Forecast
		That’s the vision of Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the X Prize Foundation.
		He was the sparkplug behind the $10 million Ansari X Prize claimed last year by the back-to-back flights to the edge of space by the piloted SpaceShipOne — built and backed by private funds.
		Diamandis said that the wealth of individuals is rapidly increasing thanks to the evolving power of the Internet, and very shortly through breakthroughs in nanotechnology.
	www.space.com /adastra/050523_diamandis_nss.html (955 words)

	Dr. Peter Diamandis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Peter H. Diamandis is Chairman of the X Prize foundation, a non-profit education organization promoting the formation of space-related prizes.
		In 1989, Dr. Diamandis founded International MicroSpace, Inc. (IMI), a commercial launch company, which was later acquired by CTA Incorporated, where he served as vice president for commercial space.
		Dr. Diamandis received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace engineering from MIT and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
	www.nasa-academy.org /conference/1998/panel/diamandis.html (141 words)

	1st Heinlein Prize Awarded: Press Release May 26, 2006
		Diamandis’ contributions to the commercialization of space began while studying molecular genetics as an undergraduate at MIT.
		The ISU is the embodiment of Dr. Diamandis’ vision of a peaceful, prosperous and boundless future through the study, exploration and development of space for the benefit of all humanity.
		In addition to the successful Ansari X PRIZE, Diamandis is leading the Foundation in its effort to create prizes in several other industries including genomics, water treatment, education, as well as, the automotive industry.
	www.heinleinprize.com /prize/1stprize.htm (1057 words)

	Rocket Racing League
		Diamandis will be honored at a dinner and award ceremony on July 7, 2006 at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston, Texas and receive $500,000, a gold Heinlein Medallion, the Lady Vivamus Sword (as described in Heinlein’s book Glory Road) and a Laureate’s Diploma.
		Diamandis was honored for his dedicated efforts toward achieving the Lindbergh’s vision of balance.
		The award honors Dr. Diamandis for rejuvenating the use of prizes to accelerate scientific research and technological development.
	www.rocketracingleague.com /press-room_press-releases.html (1394 words)

	Cosmic Log: May 20-26, 2006 - Cosmic Log - MSNBC.com
		X Prize founder wins prize: The impresario behind the $10 million X Prize for private spaceflight, Peter Diamandis, has won a prize of his own — the first-ever $500,000 Heinlein Prize, endowed by the estate of the late science-fiction great Robert Heinlein and his wife.
		Diamandis said Heinlein's novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon," ranked as one of his favorite stories — so favorite that he arranged to have a copy of the book flown as personal cargo aboard during SpaceShipOne's X Prize-winning flight in 2004.
		Diamandis is to be honored at an July 7 awards ceremony in Houston, where he will receive the gold Heinlein Medalliion, the Lady Vivamus Sword (as described in Heinlein's book "Glory Road"), a diploma...
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12920682 (4011 words)

	FOXNews.com - 'Dreamer' Sparks Private Race to Space - U.S. & World
		Peter Diamandis (search) wasn't thinking about history as he stood in the Mojave Desert and watched a small, shuttlecock-shaped craft glide back to Earth having nudged the edge of space.
		Diamandis predicts his X Prize (search) will do the same for space.
		From the time he was a child in Long Island, smitten by images of the Apollo (search) moon landings, Diamandis has poured his heart and soul into researching space and trying to speed up his chances of getting there.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,135647,00.html (1897 words)

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	Space Race Fueled By Obsession - CBS News
		(AP) Peter Diamandis wasn't thinking about history as he stood in the Mojave desert and watched a small, shuttlecock-shaped craft glide back to Earth having nudged the edge of space.
		So many people had trusted him, backed him, bailed him out even when others had ridiculed his notion of jump-starting space tourism by offering a $10 million prize for the first privately financed passenger craft to soar 62 miles through the atmosphere and return safely to earth.
		On May 18, under the Arch, surrounded by more than a dozen astronauts, including Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Diamandis announced the creation of the X Prize.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/11/06/tech/main654084.shtml (1867 words)

	July 27, 2005: Nanotechnology Think Tank Welcomes Peter Diamandis, Ed Niehaus and James Von Ehr
		Diamandis, Von Ehr, and Niehaus to our Board of Directors,” said Scott Mize, President of Foresight Nanotech Institute.
		Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight in late 2004.
		He is also the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation and Founder and Trustee of the International Space University (ISU), where he served as its first Managing Director.
	www.foresight.org /cms/press_center/137 (575 words)

	MarsHome.org: Joseph Palaia receives Peter Diamandis Leadership Award
		Mars Foundation programming team member Joseph Palaia (second from right) recently received the Peter Diamandis leadership award while attending the Space Generation Congress 2005 in Fukuoka, Japan.
		He is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation www.xprize.org and is also the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation www.nogravity.com.
		Diamandis donated this award to recognize and encourage the leaders of tomorrow.
	www.marshome.org /archives/2005/11/joseph_palaia_r.html (229 words)

	Peter Diamandis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Diamandis also serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of
		Diamandis received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in aerospace engineering from MIT and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
		Diamandis has received a number of awards including MIT's Kresge Award, the 1986 Space Industrialization Fellowship Award, the 1988 Aviation Week and Space Technology laurel, the 1993 Space Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award, and the Russian 1995 K.E. Tsiolkovsky Award.
	academy.gsfc.nasa.gov /1998/html/peter_diamandis.html (128 words)

	The Space Show hosted by: Dr. David Livingston
		Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation (www.xprize.org), which recently awarded a $10,000,000 prize for private spaceflight.
		He is also the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation (www.nogravity.com) a commercial space company that offers FAA-certified weightless flights utilizing a specially modified Boeing 727-200 aircraft.
		Diamandis is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School and the winner of the Konstantine Tsiolkovsky Award, the Aviation & Space Technology Laurel, and the 2003 World Technology Award for Space.
	www.thespaceshow.com /detail.asp?q=5 (310 words)

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