
Burt Rutan's Race to Space
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Burt Rutan's Race to Space showcases Rutan's herculean efforts to do just that. Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum displays his most celebrated achievements, including SpaceShipOne, which won the coveted $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight; Voyager, which hangs with SpaceShipOne in the Milestones of Flight gallery; the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer; and the VariEze. His many aerospace innovations preceding his most recently conceived designs, SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo, chronicle a progressive, step-by-step attempt to break barriers with engineering know-how and a wondrous imagination, all the while remaining on the forefront of the burgeoning private spaceflight industry. Rutan's X Prize triumph and subsequent spacecraft designs are not a beginning, nor an end, but are steps in Burt Rutan's continuing adventure to expand humanity's presence beyond the Earth and into space.
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Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4"Linehan gives Rutan the credit he is due as one of the architects of twenty-first century private space travel. As he did with his earlier book, SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History, Linehan also shows himself to be an engaging writer who combines scientific know-how with behind-the-scenes reporting that makes Rutan's Race read like an adventure story."-Paul G. Allen, co-winner of the Ansari X Prize
"Dan has done a fabulous job of describing the incredible journey of one of the most accomplished aircraft designers of all time, Burt Rutan. If you weren't impressed by Burt before now, you certainly will be after reading this absolutely fascinating story of the incredible journey of Burt Rutan-from a young model airplane champion to legendary aircraft designer among the ranks of Douglas, Heinemann, Lockheed, and Kelly Johnson. I personally read it from one end to the other and loved it. This is a book you will read from cover to cover without being able to put it down. What a fascinating story of the aircraft designer of our time, Burt Rutan. His accomplishments as an aircraft designer and builder revolutionized the way airplanes are made.Way to go Dan Linehan for creating a mesmerizing collection of stories!"
-Robert "Hoot" Gibson, Space Shuttle Commander "Burt will always be remembered as a visionary aircraft designer, his unique configurations a testament to his genius. However, a more subtle but undoubtedly key part of his success is his ability to make his unique visions resonate in those around him. If Burt's only contribution were ideas he couldn't communicate, he'd have executed on a couple and vanished into the background. His true genius is his capability to excite others, to make them believe in the unimaginable and to lead them on an unapologetic search for the unique. This book is sure to bring the reader along on that quest by detailing the unique concepts and the amazing stories behind them."
-Matt Stinemetze, Project Engineer SpaceShipOne, Project Manager SpaceShipTwo Program
"Dan Linehan has produced an amazing narrative clearly explaining the technical evolution of how Burt Rutan founded two small aerospace companies that eventually lead to the capture the 10 million dollar X-prize awarded to the first company to shoot a manned, privately-funded spacecraft into outerspace twice within two weeks. I know. I was the lead structural analyst for Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne and witness to SpaceShipOne's construction, operation, and ultimate success. And now, the next generation SpaceShipTwo is designed to take passengers like you and me there. If you long to someday visit space yourself, Burt Rutan's Race to Space is a must read. It very accurately captures the early evolution of space travel that will someday be as common place as airline travel is today."
-Dan Kreigh, Senior Structural Engineer, Scaled Composites, and Inventor of the IFO UNIVERSE TODAY
"...provides a chronicle of all the air and spacecraft that have soared off of Rutan's blueprints and into reality...this book is timely, enjoyable and acts as a wonderful window into the mind of the man that has revolutionized flight."
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"This book is not only a superb reference regarding an incredible aeronautical engineer, as well as the story behind the winner of the Ansari X Prize, it is also describes the experiences and decisions of a business entrepreneur. I think that this last part is important since, like it or not, without money successful engineering designs languish latent - their potential unrealized. "
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- Cover
- Title
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION: Burt Rutan, from Boyhood Dreamer to Aerospace Visionary
- CHAPTER 1: Rutan Lifts off the Ground
- The Stall
- The Canard
- VariViggen
- MiniViggen
- Building with Composites
- Winglets
- VariEze POC
- VariViggen SP
- VariEze Homebuilt
- CHAPTER 2: Rutan Aircraft Factory Continues to Soar
- Quickie
- Defiant
- Long-EZ
- AD-1
- AMSOIL Biplane Racer
- Next Generation Trainer
- Grizzly
- Solitaire
- Voyager
- Pusher Engines are Pushed Aside
- Catbird
- Boomerang
- CHAPTER 3: The Scaled Composites Years
- Plans End and Plans Begin
- Vehicles in all Shapes and Scales
- Manned Vehicles: An Overview
- The Unmanned and Nonflying
- CHAPTER 4: SpaceShipOne and White Knight: The Ascension
- SpaceShipOne
- Adapting on the Fly
- Construction of the Feather
- White Knight
- Flights and Spaceflights
- CHAPTER 5: SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo: The Next Generation
- Sir Richard on Space and Spaceships
- SpaceShipTwo
- WhiteKnightTwo
- Rocket Engine Accident
- A Stellar Enterprise
- Spaceport America
- AFTERWORD
- GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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- P
- Q
- R
- S
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- W
- X
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