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1 day ago · The prize was won on October 4, 2004, the 47th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch, by the Tier One project designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, using the experimental spaceplane SpaceShipOne. $10 million was awarded to the winner, and more than $100 million was invested in new technologies in pursuit of the ...
1 day ago · Designed by Burt Rutan, the Rutan VariEze was a groundbreaking homebuilt aircraft from the 1970s. It featured a distinctive canard configuration and utilized composite materials, showcasing ...
5 days ago · May 30, 2024. Devin Rutan has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Charles F. Westoff Prize in Demography for his dissertation entitled, “Rising Ineligibility for Social Security: Drivers and Consequences of Elderly Poverty.”. Two chapters of this work were nominated by Matt Desmond.
4 days ago · Heinrich Wieland. Date of Birth: June 4, 1877 German chemist, who researched bile acids; made the first synthesis of Adamsite; and isolated the toxin alpha-amanitin, the principal active agent of one of the world’s most poisonous mushrooms (Nobel Prize, 1927)
1 day ago · SpaceShipTwo is based on aerospace design maverick Burt Rutan's award-winning SpaceShipOne prototype, which became the first privately financed manned rocket to reach space in 2004.
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2 days ago · The aircraft is built from plans using basic raw materials. It is not a kit aircraft, though many small parts are available prefabricated. The Cozy is similar in design and construction to the 2-seat Rutan Long-EZ, from which it is derived, with approval from Burt Rutan.
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