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In the back of The Spirit of St. Louis that I’m reading—that my friend Greg gave me to finish my pilot's license, which I eventually did at the end—I wrote the words XPRIZE!
Peter Diamandis · StarTalk Radio · Feb 2024 Listen at 10:57 What they say about it
- Received as a gift“given a book by a dear friend”4
- Inspired the XPRIZE2
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I was given a book by a dear friend Greg Marinac, The Spirit of St. Louis, and I’m reading the book. He gave it to me to encourage me to finish my pilot's license.
Peter Diamandis StarTalk Radio · Feb 2024 As I’m reading this book, The Spirit of St. Louis, I’m like, ‘I have to do a prize like this for space flight because I’m not going to get a chance of becoming a government astronaut or slim.’.
Peter Diamandis StarTalk Radio · Feb 2024 I was given a copy of the Spirit of St. Louis Lindbergh's biography by a dear friend, Gregg Maryniak.
Peter Diamandis The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2022 A good friend of mine gave me a copy of Lindbergh's book, Spirit of St. Louis. And I'm reading this book, and I find out that, unbeknownst to me, Lindbergh made the trip across the Atlantic not just on a whim or to prove something to friends.
Peter Diamandis Freakonomics Radio · Oct 2010 Where and when it comes up
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The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir recounting the author's historic solo transatlantic flight and the competition leading up to it. Peter Diamandis discussed the book extensively on StarTalk Radio and The Rich Roll Podcast in 2022 and 2024, sharing how a dear friend named Greg Marinac gave him a copy to encourage him to finish his pilot's license. Diamandis noted that while reading the book and making notes in the margins about the Orteig prize and the money spent by competing teams, he reflected on the need to inspire similar leaps in private spaceflight. He explained that in the back pages of the book, right after completing his pilot's license, he physically wrote down the words XPRIZE. The memoir served as the direct inspiration for the creation of the X Prize, demonstrating how historical accounts of aviation pioneering can spark modern technological achievements. Throughout the podcast appearances, Diamandis repeatedly credited the book and his friend's gift as the pivotal catalyst for his future entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors.
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“and I was given a book by a dear friend Greg marinac the Spirit of St Louis and I'm reading the book he gave it to me to encourage me to finish my pilot's license”
“I was given a book by a dear friend Greg Marinac, The Spirit of St. Louis, and I’m reading the book. He gave it to me to encourage me to finish my pilot's license.”
“and I'm making notes in the margin of the book The Spirit of St Louis again that that uh that Lindberg published in 1957 won the pul Sur prize and he's talking about how much money the teams are all spending”
“And I’m making notes in the margin of the book, The Spirit of St. Louis, again, that Lindbergh published in 1957 won the Pulitzer Prize!”
“And so as I’m reading this book, The Spirit of St. Louis, I’m like, ‘I have to do a prize like this for space flight because I’m not going to get a chance of becoming a government astronaut or slim.’”
“and so in the back of the Spirit of St Louis that I'm reading that my friend Greg gave me to finish my Pilots license which I did eventually do at the end I wrote the words x prize and you know why I wrote the word X prize”
“And so in the back of The Spirit of St. Louis that I’m reading—that my friend Greg gave me to finish my pilot's license, which I eventually did at the end—I wrote the words XPRIZE!”
“And then I was given a copy of the Spirit of St. Louis Lindbergh's biography by a dear friend, Gregg Maryniak.”
“And by chance, a good friend of mine gave me a copy of Lindbergh's book, Spirit of St. Louis. And I'm reading this book, and I find out that, unbeknownst to me, Lindbergh made the trip across the Atlantic not just on a whim or to prove something to friends.”