BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Burt Rutan: Aviation pioneer
BBC article outlining the career and achievements of burt Rutan, the man behind the private company attempting to reach space with SpaceShipOne.
Two points - obviously a very able man, clearly valued by the aerospace community and the US. His focus on achieving spaceflight simply is perhaps a route public agencies should focus on more (as the article suggests).
Second point is that someone like Rutan is revered in the US, yet if he was operating the UK I suspect he would be ridiculed and not valued at all. Strange, the difference between US and UK psyche.
I'm not so sure the UK would value Rutan any less. There was quite a bit of national interest and pride in Beagle 2, until it buggered up in the tradition of all good things British!
Posted by: underblog at June 27, 2004 11:31 PM