We've discussed Randi a lot in another thread. You can read through it for more information on that. Randi isn't offering the 1 million dollar challenge to random people anymore. He picks who he wants to test and goes after them. I'm not popular enough to be on his radar.
"First of all, you wouldn't need to submit to having an OBE induced, because apparently you can do that on your own without outside influence." I was speaking to the point that the investigators in that study should not be testing random people, they should be testing people who have had OBEs. Of course I wouldn't need an OBE to be induced.
Astral projection and out of body experiences are not as easily controlled as you might imagine. it's not a matter of leaving your body and going to some prearranged place. If you're sincerely interested in understanding more about astral projection, this is a free ebook that is very accurate in its descriptions of astral projection and the limitations of it:
Out of Body Experiences: Keywords: OOBE, Astral Projection
There are a lot of people out there working with unbiased scientists to prove paranormal phenomenon. If you wanted to, I'm sure you could easily find them with a google search.