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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. "interface them"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As for ET? Rutan hopes there is local life on other planets, because it would be fun to do what holidaymakers do: "interface them".

    I thought the term was rishathra.

  2. troolkore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    users of BSD/OS. A coming a piss coorect network

  3. Re:Ironic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    only with the stipulation that they buy MS products. Paul allen does not have the nonsense attachements to his largese.

  4. Re:Ironic by CGP314 · · Score: 0, Troll

    And supported laws that hinder health care


    -Colin