“Look, a hundred years ago, a couple of pesky bike mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, bested, in effect, the government-funded player, to become the first to fly,” he added. “That’s why you put on these things: to attract the bicycle mechanics.”
Gregg E. Maryniak
Executive Vice President
The X PRIZE Foundation
He was quoted in NYTimes, April 5, 2006.
He was talking about NASA’s competitions to spur innovation.