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Burt Rutan: Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight

http://www.ted.com 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 ...  
 
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13twistedevil13 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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wow.....30,000 views in almost 3 years huh?...little weird. This sounds like a fun idea but we all know why there has been no innovation in this topic. And if any of u don't see the suppressed information we have not been given...well then u just have no hope.This all could have happened a long time ago if i t wasn't for our so called leaders. People can be so naive...it's sad.......
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Burt is a fucking legend. He's putting space back in the public eye again. About fucking time, too.
SXAJT (1 month ago) Show Hide
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what can i say about burt rutan..........
he is aviation legend....
he is a peace of history
next to wright brothers, lindberg
we need new ideas
and we need people like burt rutan................
manganl (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Burt Rutan understands the very simple concept that we cannot keep all our eggs in one basket. Humanity needs to be viably established off-planet before some earthbound psychopaths destroy life on Earth.

May he live long and prosper and retire on the Moon.
onethatcansee (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Ok, I'll say it... Jimmy Stewart with side burns lol :P
ninanotturna (4 months ago) Show Hide
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NikoKun (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Rutan is just an amazing guy... I hope his vision of the future of space travel comes true someday. I hope people make it true.
rockystefano (5 months ago) Show Hide
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love the side burns
gulloogtg (7 months ago) Show Hide
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my dear mate,
if u listen to it again, astroz said that twice,
Houston We have a probelm here;
13, say again please,
Houston we've had a problem!!!!!!!!




GO RUTAN,
GO CALPOLY
calapanpo (7 months ago) Show Hide
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He says that in real life, Apollo 13 the movie was where they said "Houston, we have a problem"

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