19 June, 2009

Daily Question #98

A sitter. X (later renamed after E), modelled after A was first proposed by B, the Founder and Chairman of the X foundation. Funded by C, D developed F which won X. Identify all.

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Cracked by Rithwik, Sandipan, lordmaldy and Kamal Rathi!

Answer : X - X Prize (later Ansari X-Prize)

A - Orteig Prize
B - Peter Diamandis
C - Paul Allen
D - Burt Rutan
E - Anousheh Ansari
F - SpaceShipOne

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

X-Ansari X Prize
A-Lindberg
B-Dr. Peter Diamandis
C-Paul Allen



-----------Rithwik

lordmaldy said...

Okay, the Ansari X-Prize, modeled after 20th Century Aviation prizes, first proposed by Dr. Peter Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation. Funded by Paul Allen, Burt Rutan developed SpaceShipOne with won the X Prize.

Kamal Rathi said...

A - Orteig Prize
B - Peter H. Diamandis
C - Paul Allen
D - Burt Rutan
F - Anousheh Ansari
X - Tier One Project

Chithananda said...

ZERO GRAVITY