Making money (X-Prize)

(John Ordover) :

John Carmack
www.armadilloaerospace.com

But isnt' that a lot less than the X-Prize would require? And how,
exactly would it be profitable? I'll take the bet, but you'll have to
turn a profit to win.

John Ordover, you are an idiot. When John Carmack is finished reaching his
goals he will have a working personal rocket that can take him and others to
the edge of space itself. You on the otherhand will still be stuck in the
dirt talking about winning a bet because he did not do it by 2004.

I would say between winning the bet or getting a flight on John's rocket 99%
of the readers of this usenet group will op for the rocket. As for the
x-prize that is just a way to make a profit fast, profit is always profit and
John's long term plans include making a profit in the future without winning
the x-prize.

Or do you think you know more about how to make money than John Carmack?

Earl Colby Pottinger

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Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:

Or do you think you know more about how to make money than John
Carmack?

Be careful making arguments of this type, Earl. Many thought that
Rotary Rocket, Beal Aerospace, and Teledesic were sure things because
wealthy men with impressive track records for making money such as
Walt Anderson, Andrew Beal, and Bill Gates were investing in them.
It's still the same old argument from authority fallacy.

Jim Davis