Since late 2004, I have had an interest in the evolution of the X-Prize, the first of which was named Ansari and awarded to Paul Allens team for their experimental spaceplane, SpaceShipOne. So it came as no surprise when an email appeared in my Inbox from the X-Prize Foundation announcing that a seat on a ZeroG flight, co-hosted by James Cameron, would be auctioned off on eBay two weeks later. What was surprising was my response: I wanted to be on that flight! Telling no one about my intent, I began to apply my focus in all earnestness to that end.