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"Today we made history. Today, we go to the stars." So they can send a dude up in an intergallactic aircraft up 377,591 feet into the atmosphere at Mach 4, but they can't find a cure for cancer or send a little food over to a country that needs it.There was a $10 million prize reward handed out to the one who could spur civilian spacetravel. Wow. Winning the X Prize with SpaceShipOne is only the beginning for these people. Why can't this Prize be dished out to the person who finds a cure for one of the diseases who claims thousands of lives a day? Where are our priorities? Posted by Bella at 8:54 PM# 2 Comments: Worst of all, it's Billionaire Paul Allen behind SS1, the winning rocket. He's the billionaire who figures his money is best put towards putting other billionaires in space rather than, oh you know, bettering humanity. Maybe he's on to something. Load obscenely rich folks in a rocket and shoot em into the sun. By Oh and you do such a fantastic job of being devils advocate. By
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