http://www.owen.org/blog/224 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.owen.org/blog/224/comment-page-1#comment-1056 Tim Worstall Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:50:55 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=224#comment-1056 Quite take your point about these trust funds. Silly idea. To answer the original question, what to do with $1 billion? As in the X-prize and some of what Bill Gates is doing with vaccines, create a prize fund. Space elevator. First people to demonstrate convincingly the technology to build one. Over the long term the best use of $1 billion possible. Cheap access to the solar system. Quite take your point about these trust funds. Silly idea. To answer the original question, what to do with $1 billion? As in the X-prize and some of what Bill Gates is doing with vaccines, create a prize fund.
Space elevator. First people to demonstrate convincingly the technology to build one. Over the long term the best use of $1 billion possible. Cheap access to the solar system.

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