Forget Disneyland, I Want to Go Into Space

Posted by ArwenTaylor in Society and Civilization on January 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

Aircraft designer Burt Rutan could very well make that dream come true. With private funding made available by Paul Allen (former Microsoft Owner), Mr. Rutan created a spacecraft called SpaceShipOne that won him the $10 million dollar Ansari X Prize in 2004 for being the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space twice in two weeks time.

Last week in New York, he unveiled the updated version of SpaceShipOne called SpaceShipTwo and its carrier plane called WhiteKnightTwo. The pair is designed to ferry passengers to the edge of space, 62 miles above our heads.

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Built on a House of Cards

Posted by ArwenTaylor in Society and Civilization on November 21st, 2007 | Comments Off

I’ve always maintained that you can make money doing anything which is why you should always opt to do something you love. Even if doing what you love won’t make you a multibillionaire, your life will be all the more richer for having pursued your dreams.

Using a basic knowledge of geometry and physics, Bryan Berg makes his living from building skyscrapers out of decks of cards. Trained as an architect, he has been making these amazing creations for fifteen years and finding his way into the Guinness Book of World Records for first tallest house of cards and then for the world’s largest card structure.

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