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Burt Rutan On his Upcoming X-Prize Attempt

Posted by timothy on from the good-fine-americans-like-dr-wernher-von-braun dept.

dkleinsc writes "The BBC is running an article about Burt Rutan, the head of Scaled Composites and creator of SpaceShip One. He talks about his motivation (besides fame and a big pile of cash) for the project."

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  1. Big pile of cash? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was under the impression that more money was being spent than he'd win on the X-Prize.

    It must be like that joke: I made a small fortune on the stock market. Problem is, I started with a large one.