Burt Rutan

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In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries.


— Burt Rutan


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Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.


— Burt Rutan


#develop #extremely #goal #low #manned

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.


— Burt Rutan


#leads #testing #understanding

We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.


— Burt Rutan


#back #go #learning #moon #new






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Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base working on nine separate projects including the LTV XC-142 VSTOL transport and spin tests of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter. the chance for our ever-growing group of future astronauts and other scientists to see our world in a completely new light. 5g negative maximum load factor limit applied to the VariEze after the discovery of problems with some VariEze wings.

He designed the record-breaking Voyager which was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling and the sub-orbital spaceplane SpaceShipOne which won the Ansari X-Prize in 2004 for becoming the first privately funded spacecraft to enter the realm of space twice within a two-week period. He has five aircraft on display in the National Air and Space Museum: SpaceShipOne the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer Voyager Quickie and the VariEze.