[ERPS] Burt Rutan, Speaker at San Jose

I thought this might be interesting for all - Burt Rutan, Speaker at the San Jose Center for The Performing Arts Agilent and Mentor Graphics are co-sponsors of the upcoming San Jose Science, Technology and Society Lecture Series which launches its First Season at the San Jose Center for

[ERPS] America's Space Prize - MELVILL, RUTAN interview

MELVILL, RUTAN TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO SPACE Civilian astronaut Mike Melvill vertically rolled his way to space on Wednesday. Dropped from the mothership above Mojave, California, Melvill lit the rocket on Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne. But less than a minute later, as the aircraft was

[ERPS] Scientific American article

Hi: There is a short but interesting article about commercial space access and the X prize in the most recent Scientific American. Didn't see a reference in the archive. http://sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006colID=1articleID=0009C895-DA79-1055-9 73683414B7F Iain

[ERPS] not completely off topic

It's actually relevant as a cautionary tail - Begin Forwarded Message - Here's a happy thought: No matter how much you screw up today, you probably won't have caused this much damage: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10299 -- - End