Burt Rutan

...to space. This exclusive event, hosted by Virgin Founder and Chairman Sir Richard Branson and world renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan, will take place in Mojave, CA on December 7, 2009. The three House of Travel retailers are the...

In this article: Virgin Galactic, Scaled Composites, Richard Branson, New Zealand, Palmerston North, and Mojave, CA

...the face of space. The Virgin Galactic name was registered in 1999. However, it wasn't until 2001, when Whitehorn was visiting Burt Rutan, the California-based aerospace inventor and former test pilot who was pioneering the use of...

In this article: Will Whitehorn, Virgin, Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, X Prize, Chris Gorman, UK, Victoria Principal, and Physics

...is why it is impressive that Mr. Savier won this year's Fuelventure 400 in his modified VariEze (originally designed by the famous Burt Rutan) by getting 45 MPG at 207 MPH, and this with two people on board (and for those wondering, there...

In this article: Continental, Oshkosh, Panama City, Florida, and Wisconsin

...whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured world headlines when Burt Rutan, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, built and flew the world's first private vehicle to space...

In this article: DOE, X Prize Foundation, Automotive X Prize, Progressive Insurance, Climate change, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Global warming, and Archon X Prize

...at this year's race to boost the speeds. Savier is no stranger to high efficiency flying. His plane, designed by Burt Rutan, has clocked more than 4,500 hours and has set numerous records. During last year's race, he managed more...

In this article: Wired.com, Santa Paula, California, Panama City, Arizona, and Florida

...Calif.-based nonprofit gave its first award -- for $10 million -- in 2004 for a reusable spaceship backed by Paul Allen and designed by Burt Rutan. It's the second X Prize Labs, following another at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In this article: X Prize Foundation, University of Washington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Paul Allen

...crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman. Virgin WhiteKnightTwo, nicknamed Eve, designed by Burt Rutan and financed by Richard Branson, approaches the Wittman Field site of the Experimental Aircraft...

In this article: Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic, Reuters Television, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Barcelona, Caribbean, and New Mexico

...industry. Many see the business of carrying tourists into space as a potential multibillion-dollar opportunity. Designer Burt Rutan and business magnate Richard Branson formed Virgin Galactic to take tourists on suborbital flights...

In this article: NASA, Virgin Galactic, Space Shuttle, Sputnik I, International Space Station, Abu Dhabi, Business magnate, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, and Space Exploration Technologies

...during a visit to the Scaled Composites plant at the Mojave Airport, where it is being built by maverick aviation designer Burt Rutan. At the time it was the colour of carbon fibre - dark gray - and had not been painted. Its engine had...

In this article: Virgin Galactic, Will Whitehorn, X Prize, Scaled Composites, Alan Walton, and Ansari X Prize