First-Ever Blogger from Space

[Mark Reiff <markreiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI,

"X PRIZE Foundation to Host Anousheh Ansari, First Female Private
Space Explorer, as the First-Ever Blogger from Space"
X PRIZE Foundation Press Release
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060912/20060912006601.html?.v=1

: Exclusive Interviews, Podcasts and Video Also Available During
: This Unique Web Experience

: The X PRIZE Foundation announced today that www.xprize.org will
: host the first-ever blog from space during Anousheh Ansari's
: historic flight to the International Space Station. The webpage
: was designed by the X PRIZE Foundation, a nonprofit prize
: institute in partnership with Prodea Systems, the revolutionary
: digital home technology company that is sponsoring her journey.
: Ansari is using her adventure as an opportunity to give everyone a
: unique web experience that will allow them to interact with the
: first female private space explorer throughout the flight.

: "My ultimate goal is to bring this experience and the ability to
: fly to space to more and more people and to inspire young woman
: and men to go into the fields related to space," said Anousheh
: Ansari during a recent interview from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
: Kazakhstan. "I hope that thousands of individuals from around the
: world will visit the X PRIZE site to learn what its like to fly
: into orbit."

: In addition to the first-ever blog from space, visitors will also
: read Ansari's life story as well as watch exclusive video and
: interviews from her training, preflight activities, launch and
: landing. Visitors will also have exclusive access to the first
: episodes of the X PRIZE Foundation Futurecast. This new podcast
: will feature visionaries and entrepreneurs from around the globe
: to talk about what the future holds for us. The first episodes,
: which can be found on the X PRIZE Foundation website and Apple's
: iTunes podcast directory, will be the first podcast from space.

: An active proponent of world-changing technologies, Anousheh
: Ansari has been immersed in the space industry for years. Anousheh
: along with Amir Ansari, her brother-in-law, and co-founder and
: chief technical officer of Prodea Systems, provided the title
: sponsorship for the Ansari X PRIZE, a $10 million cash prize
: awarded to Burt Rutan in 2004, for the first non-governmental
: organization to launch a reusable manned spacecraft into space
: twice within two weeks. Anousheh Ansari is also a member of the
: X PRIZE Foundation Board of Trustees. Her philanthropic work
: through the X PRIZE Foundation has made her an integral figure in
: the development of the private spaceflight industry.

: "The X PRIZE Foundation is very proud to host Anousheh's blog. We
: are a 21st century organization pushing the boundaries of
: technology," said Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the
: X PRIZE. "We thought blogging from space was the proper use of
: technology to reach today's youth. We hope millions will visit our
: website and learn about Anousheh's mission as well as the X PRIZE
: Cup in New Mexico, and our future X PRIZES for genome sequencing
: and hyper fuel-efficient automobiles."

: On Monday September 18, 2006 Ansari is scheduled to blast off in a
: Russian Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
: Kazakhstan, part of a crew-exchange flight to the International
: Space Station. Her journey will last for 10 days and will include
: a two day trip to the International Space Station on the Soyuz as
: well as numerous experiments and activities that she will film in
: order to create education programs upon landing.

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Mark Reiff <markreiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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