re lindbergh and the moon was why not give g in article pgf srl cacs usl edu pgf srl cacs usl edu phil g fraering writes gnb baby bby com au gregory n bond writes in article c v lr kxf news cso uiuc edu jbh uxa cso uiuc edu josh hopkins writes re voyages of discovery could you give examples of privately funded ones much of cook s later exploration was privately funded by joseph banks among others eg in resolution the earlier endeavour colnett s voyage to the galapagos was substantially privately funded by the owners of british whaling vessels chancellor and willoughby were privately funded by london merchant companies in their voyages to muscovy the list is almost endless those doing the funding were about eighty percent motivated by potential profit ten percent by potential glory and ten percent by the desire to advance the sum of human knowledge dan newman aeronautical engineering university of sydney sydney nsw australia from dan key ae su oz au daniel m newman path key ae su oz au dan newsgroups sci space subject expires references sender reply to dan key ae su oz au daniel m newman distribution world organization aeronautical engineering sydney university keywords
