competed. yes. and you have these kids pushed to innovate and work on a project. the kids go to an automotive academy, a public school. a lot of the kids are not high achieving in terms of standardized tests but if you give them a transmission manual and a saturday they will take apart a transmission in no time flat and their idea for how to win the x prize was build a couple hybrid cars that were practical and inexpensive kind of cars they could see their parents driving and they did incredibly well and made it to the semifinals and beat m.i.t. and the team from cornell. wow. do we see out of this contest the future of american car making being different? i think so. we have to broaden our idea of what the inventor is in our culture. like, you know, if you re a billionaire in this culture and you have a crazy idea you re a genius but a normal person with a crazy idea you re just crazy. right.
i talk about how innovation makes life better but where is the innovation coming from? politicians say from government. the big success story is america putting a man on the moon but think about it, yes, nasa put a man on the moon but they spent billions and have not been back in 40 years. by contrast, an organization called x prize is offering a prize and now a space ship launched three people into space. they won $10 million. there is another x prize offered for a private moon landing.
i talk about how innovation makes life better but where is the innovation coming from? politicians say from government. the big success story is america putting a man on the moon but think about it, yes, nasa put a man on the moon but they spent billions and have not been back in 40 years. by contrast, an organization called x prize is offering a prize and now a space ship launched three people into space. they won $10 million. there is another x prize offered for a private moon landing. here is a sample of the device of a lander that is being tested
ex-prize offered $10 million. we have to do this. we re going to go for this. some teams use gasoline and some electricity and even compressed air. 130 teams entered. it s proving what is possible. the design face, they had to pass a looks test and then came the safety and performance test. most teams were eliminated. we had the range and mileage but zero to 60 our transmission didn t hold up. this team won the prize with a car that got 102 miles a gallon. john: i can t buy these cars? components are going to auto manufacturers. thousands of barrels of crude oil. government took charge after the bp oil spill. we ll continue to do with a whatever is necessary enter into
ex-prize offered $10 million. we have to do this. we re going to go for this. some teams use gasoline and some electricity and even compressed air. 130 teams entered. it s proving what is possible. the design face, they had to pass a looks test and then came the safety and performance test. most teams were eliminated. we had the range and mileage but zero to 60 our transmission didn t hold up. this team won the prize with a car that got 102 miles a gallon. john: i can t buy these cars? components are going to auto manufacturers. thousands of barrels of crude oil. government took charge after the bp oil spill. we ll continue to do with a whatever is necessary enter into