AstroBebop » burt rutan http://www.astrobebop.com/blog Videos on space exploration, space tourism, robotics, astronomy, astrophotography, and aeronautics. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:04:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Virgin Galactic’s Sir Richard Branson takes first Flight in VMS Eve at Airventure 2009 http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/virgin-galactic-takes-first-flight-in-vms-eve-at-airventure-2009-today/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/virgin-galactic-takes-first-flight-in-vms-eve-at-airventure-2009-today/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:50 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=489 Today, at the worlds largest private air show (EAA Airventure 2009, Oshkosh, Wisconsin), Sir Richard Branson took his first flight in the mothership which will launch Virgin Galactic’s space tourism and science customers into space…

Source: youtube.com/spacetravelfound

]]> http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/virgin-galactic-takes-first-flight-in-vms-eve-at-airventure-2009-today/feed/ 0 Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the Future of Space Flight http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/burt-rutan-entrepreneurs-are-the-future-of-space-flight/ http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/2009/burt-rutan-entrepreneurs-are-the-future-of-space-flight/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:25:04 +0000 flyingeraser http://www.astrobebop.com/blog/?p=61 In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off.

Source – http://www.ted.com

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