Hello to all

[soletek]

It is indeed possible. The main holdup, as I see it is greed. There is the infernal need to make a killing from whatever is accomplished, not to do a design for the sake of the people or the planet. The limitation of the Xprize is who is allowed to compete and the broad distribution of the money. No one can recoup their expenses at the award level provided so most can't try, only giant corporations could and there we are back to the bottom line -- the need to pay a profit to the investors. Plus, they state in their rules it must be a 'production ready' design. With all the red tape that would involve, only giant manufacturers can compete. They didn't want a repeat of the first Xprize where the winner came out of nowhere and blew NASA out of the water. That stifled the Xprize goal of creating a production ready spaceship for the masses.

I believe those with the intent to make a difference will because it's always easier to do what you believe in. The controling money at the top is very invested in the status quo and is not really accepting of change, in fact their direction is to stifle anything that might compete. That said, those that want to make change must knowingly sacrifice. Few are willing.