Reprinted from Liftoff: New Zealand's Space Exploration Magazine, Issue 256, March 2010
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by William Leizerowicz
This article discusses the value of competitions and their founders, culminating on the N-Prize. It begins a series by contributing calculations for the minimum target altitude for a rocket launch, and concludes with ideas on how NZ might be more competitive against very well resourced countries like the USA.
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