Burt Rutan is not stopping with today's success, he's thinking & planning even MORE ambitious space projects.

Jacob Samorodin — 6/21/2004 7:08:16 PM (archived)

Sending a space-pilot and a rocketplane over 100 kilometers [62.4+ miles] up is/was an impressive, even AWESOME feat for Mr. Rutan.
But he's got even bigger plans in the works.
He's not going to be content with 62.4 miles up, or 70, or even 100 miles
up...He's planning a much more ambitious space-project: a private civilian manned spacecraft to be sent into orbit....with civilian [tourist?] passengers to follow.
And I heard that he's even got a manned deep-space [moon?] mission in mind after that. WOW!!!.........Do you think he could pull it off?

Jacob

Ad astra, per aspera.

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Burt Rutan is not stopping with today's success, he's thinking & planning even MORE ambitious space projects. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/21/2004 7:08:16 PM
- re:The most inspiring trip - Raoul - 6/21/2004 8:16:08 PM
- Going into orbit will be much more challenging than today's flight - Larry J - 6/21/2004 7:56:21 PM
  - Paging Mr. Allen? What if NASA offered competitive prizes for human spaceflight? - ~tax leech - 6/23/2004 7:17:39 PM
    - At the rate we're going into debt, Allan will be offering NASA prizes. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/24/2004 4:25:24 AM
      - I sincerely believe that if NASA offered lots more prizes, our debt would vanish. - ~tax leech - 6/24/2004 5:44:51 AM
        
        I don't know about that, but... - SteveS - 6/24/2004 2:51:49 PM

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