Burt Rutan is at it again. The man sure has dreams and unique design concept that is on display again. He just released this to the public today.
"Aircraft designer Burt Rutan unveiled Friday a fully-built launch system that, if flights outside the atmosphere prove successful, would be the first private manned space program. Both the spacecraft, called SpaceShipOne, and its launch platform, a futuristic jet known as the White Knight, were developed and built in secret and have already begun tests at lower altitudes."
[url="http://scaled.com/"]http://scaled.com/[/URL] - Click on SpaceShipOne (lower right)
[url="http://www.msnbc.com/news/902224.asp?0cl=cR"]http://www.msnbc.com/news/902224.asp?0cl=cR[/URL] - NBC news article
"Aircraft designer Burt Rutan unveiled Friday a fully-built launch system that, if flights outside the atmosphere prove successful, would be the first private manned space program. Both the spacecraft, called SpaceShipOne, and its launch platform, a futuristic jet known as the White Knight, were developed and built in secret and have already begun tests at lower altitudes."
[url="http://scaled.com/"]http://scaled.com/[/URL] - Click on SpaceShipOne (lower right)
[url="http://www.msnbc.com/news/902224.asp?0cl=cR"]http://www.msnbc.com/news/902224.asp?0cl=cR[/URL] - NBC news article