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Jul 11, 2021 · Here, we track the long, winding road to realising Sir Richard Branson's dream. In the early 1990s, celebrated aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan set himself a challenge: designing a...
Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (/ ˈ r uː t ən /; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft.
Inspired by the success of SpaceShipOne, Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson started Virgin Galactic and engaged SCALED Composites (the company Rutan founded in 1982) to develop and produce a line of commercial spaceships to fly the public ( SpaceShipTwo ).
Jul 11, 2021 · The spacecraft, designed by Burt Rutan and backed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, successfully beat out 25 other teams.
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Jul 11, 2021 · Seventeen years after Sir Richard Branson watched SpaceShipOne win the Ansari X-Prize, the English entrepreneur and billionaire has flown aboard a successor vehicle known as SpaceShipTwo as part...
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Jul 27, 2005 · Britishentrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has teamed up with aerospace designer, BurtRutan of Scaled Composites to form a new aerospace production company. The newfirm will build a fleet of...
Jul 12, 2021 · Using an innovation pioneered by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, Unity's wing and tail fins are designed to pivot upward 60 degrees once out of the atmosphere, giving the spaceplane the...
