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Burt Rutan (3), Scaled Composites (2), Scaled (2), Virgin Galactic (2), SpaceShipOne (1)
SpaceShipTwo
Score: 100%
Burt Rutan (whom I would very much like to be as cool as when I grow up) has started work on SpaceShipTwo, the prototype for the ships that Virgin Galactic hopes to fly paying customers in. The BBC has the story: SpaceShipTwo will not look anything like its predecessor. For ...
Joe | December 29, 2004 | in "Space"
See also: Scaled, Burt Rutan, Virgin Galactic
Party At Burt's Place
Score: 91%
Burt Rutan and company dropped by St. Louis Saturday to pick up their check from the Ansari X-Prize folks. "Eight years ago, we stood here and said one day someone is going to do something no one's ever done before," said Doug King, president of the Science Center. The X ...
Joe | November 8, 2004 | in "Space"
See also: X-Prize, Scaled
To the Moon!
Score: 85%
Well, maybe not that far. Yet. The FAA on Wednesday licensed the first private rocket, and has given the green light for a real sub-orbital space flight. Burt Rutan and his California-based Scaled Composites have built SpaceShipOne, a funny looking rocket-powered plane that Burt hopes will usher in "a renaissance ...
Dave | April 8, 2004 | in "Space"
Wired Rave Awards
Score: 82%
WIRED Magazine has announced the nominees for their annual Rave Awards that celebrate the who's who in technology and entertainment. It's an interesting cross section of people responsible for pushing innovation to the next level. Winners will be announced in the March issue. My pick for Renegade of the Year ...
Rob | January 20, 2005 | in "Total Geek"
See also: WIRED, Rave Awards
Up, Up, and Away
Score: 81%
Private spacecraft makes historic launch: SpaceShipOne is in the air as I write this, trying to become the first private, manned vehicle in space. I wish them every success toward this goal. Thousands gathered in the Mojave Desert to watch the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private manned space flight. ...
Deane | June 21, 2004 | in "Space"
SpaceShipThree will go all the way around
Score: 79%
Virgin Galactic has stated that if it's current planned craft, SpaceShipTwo, is successful, they'll try to build an orbital vehicle, SpaceShipThree. Orbital vehicle SpaceShipThree (SS3) will be developed by space tourism company Virgin Galactic and Mojave-based SpaceShipTwo (SS2)-developer Scaled Composites, if the planned SS2 suborbital service is successful, says Virgin ...
Joe | August 25, 2005 | in "Space"
See also: Burt Rutan, SpaceShipOne, Scaled Composites, Virgin Galactic
Scaled Composites Plans First Private Space Shot
Score: 78%
Scaled Composites, the X-Prize competitor funded by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, and led by aviation uber-genius Burt Rutan, has scheduled a test flight that, if successful, will be the first space launch in history by the private sector. SpaceShipOne will rocket to 100 kilometers (62 miles) into sub-orbital space above ...
Joe | June 2, 2004 | in "Space"
Global Flyer To Launch Today
Score: 77%
That is, Global Flyer To Launch Today IF it can get off the ground. The Global Flyer, another Scaled Composite-built brainchild of Burt Rutan, is a jet-propelled kissin' cousin to the prop-driven Voyager. Voyager was the first aircraft to ever circumnavigate the globe non-stop, and Global Flyer hopes to do ...
Dave | February 28, 2005 | in "Science Geek"
See also: Scaled Composites, Voyager, Burt Rutan