Innovation in the Private Sector Created the Foundation for Space Exploration

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Innovation in the Private Sector Created the Foundation for Space Exploration

By Quantum3

Created 03/11/2008 - 17:02

I was reminded of the private sector's role in space exploration when I attended the Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington last week. The dinner is an annual event held to honor Robert Goddard, the father of liquid-fueled rocketry and the namesake of the Goddard Space Flight Center. Goddard was an academic. He was a scientist, a university professor and an inventor with hundreds of patents to his name.

Former astronaut Neil Armstrong provided the highlight of the evening by honoring us with an address that included recollections only the first human to walk on the moon can provide. He spoke of Goddard's contribution to early rocketry and reminded us of the private sector's legacy in space exploration. It was the private sector's drive to develop innovative rocket technology that formed the foundation of our government's space programs.

Armstrong's history lesson was spot on and very relevant to what we are trying to accomplish today. The teams of the Google Lunar X PRIZE are the logical heirs to Goddard and his team of early aerospace engineers.

-- Posted by Paul Carliner, president, Quantum3 Ventures

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