The X Prize Committee
A top level committee of qualified individuals and organizations (The
X Prize Committee) is being brought together for the
purposes of: (1) Identifying the funding for this prize; and, (2)
Monitoring/judging any attemps to win the prize. A listing of the current
Committee members if given below.
- Organizational Members
- Association of Space Explorers: Association of Astronauts & Cosmonauts.
- National Space Society: Pro-space Grass Roots Organization.
- Space Frontier Foundation: National Space Policy and Media Organization.
- U.S. Space Foundation: U.S. Professional Space Organization.
- Association of Experimental Test Pilots
- Individual Members:
- Buzz Aldrin: Apollo 11 Astronaut; Chairman, National Space Society
- Marc Arnold: CEO, Angel Technologies, Corporation
- Peter Banks: CEO, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM)
- Colette M. Bevis: XP Foundation Director; Space Tourism Mrkting Pioneer
- Charles Chafer: Founder, Senior VP, Celestis Corporation
- Arthur C. Clarke: Author of 2001; "Father" of the Communication Satellite
- Patrick Collins: Researcher, University of Tokyo, Ctr. Adv. Sci/Technology
- Peter H. Diamandis: XP Foundation Chairman; Founder, Int'l Space Univ.
- Sylvia A. Earle: President of the Lindbergh Fund; Past Chief Scientist, NOAA
- Don Fink: Group Director, Editorial Operations, Aviation Week Group
- William Gaubatz: McDonnell Douglas, Delta Clipper Programs (DC-X)
- Susan Flowers: President, Susan Flowers Communications/Space Mrkting.
- Lori Garver: Executive Director, National Space Society (NSS)
- Jim Harford: Former Executive Director, AIAA
- Martin Harwit: Former Executive Director, Smithsonian Air & Space Mus.
- Rick Hauck: President, International Technology Underwriters
- Maxwell Hunter: XP Foundation Chair Rules Comm.; CEO Space Guild
- Douglas King: Executive Director, St. Louis Science Center: Challenger Ctrs.
- Byron K. Lichtenberg: XP Foundation; Shuttle Astronaut; ASE
- Erik Lindbergh: XP Foundation; Pilot and grandson of Charles Lindbergh
- Richard P. MacLeod: President, U.S. Space Foundation
- Mike McDowell: Pres. Quark Expeditions and Adventure Travel Network
- John McLucas: Past Secretary of the Air Force: Chairman, Questec and ISU
- Jim Muncy: XP Foundation;Congressman Rohrabacher, Space Frontier Foun.
- Tom Rogers: XP Foundation: Pres. STA and Sophron Foundations
- Lawrence D. Roberts: XP Foundation Chair Law & Policy Committee
- Burt Rutan: Collier Award Winner; Pres., Scaled Composites: Voyager
- Harrison Schmitt: Apollo 17 Astronaut; Former Senator, New Mexico
- Gerry Soffen: Chief Scientist, Viking Program; Former NASA AA Life Sci.
- T.C. Swartz: CEO, TCS Expeditons; Creator Project Space Voyage
- Ed Tuck: Kinship Partner; Vice-Chairman, Teledesic Corporation
- Rick N. Tumlinson: XP Foundation; President, Space Frontier Foun.
- Lowell Wood: Lawrence livermore Laboratory
- S. Pete Worden: U.S. Air Force; Initiated DC-X and Clementine Program
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