What's the next big leap in aviation? I think about this stuff all the time. One of the benefits of having worked with so many extraordinary people in my lifetime is that it has opened my mind to the myriad ways to solve a problem. My work with the X PRIZE Foundation has led me to realize that even if I don't have the skill set or knowledge to create a solution to a problem, I can create a mechanism with which I can help to accelerate a solution by others. At X PRIZE, we get together regularly to look at problems and "stuck areas," and investigate whether we could design a prize that would stimulate a breakthrough. This is an amazing process of seeking out problems as potential opportunities that has resulted in several game-changing examples (Ansari X PRIZE, Lunar Lander Challenge) of how prize philanthropy can work.
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机译：航空业的下一个重大飞跃是什么？我一直都在想这些东西。在我一生中与这么多非凡的人一起工作的好处之一是，它使我对解决问题的多种方式敞开了胸怀。与X PRIZE Foundation的合作使我意识到，即使我没有技能或知识来创建问题的解决方案，我也可以创建一种机制来帮助他人加快解决方案。在X PRIZE，我们定期聚在一起，探讨问题和“卡住的区域”，并研究是否可以设计出能够激发突破的奖项。这是一个令人惊奇的发现问题的潜在机会的过程，从而产生了改变慈善慈善事业的几个改变游戏规则的例子（Ansari X PRIZE，Lunar Lander Challenge）。
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