Burt RutanWe need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to f… ▶372HopeLifeTime
Burt RutanThere will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. I will predict that in twelve or fifteen years there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousand… ▶364Humanity
Burt RutanIt's not good enough for us to have generations of kids that ... look forward to a better version of a cell phone with a video in it. They need to look forward to exploration.354Time
Burt RutanAt various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging us to do something that almost everyone else fe… ▶378Time
Burt RutanThe next 15 years will see thousands of people leave the atmosphere on suborbital flights. My company's SS2 system might fly 100,000 people by 2024. If it is shown to be highly pr… ▶356Humanity
Burt RutanFlight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago. Ten years from now, we will have space tourism where you will b… ▶262Reading
Burt RutanSpace travel is the only technology that is more dangerous and more expensive now than it was in its first year. Fifty years after Yuri Gagarin, the space shuttle ended up being m… ▶278Life
Burt RutanIn 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries. ✨ U.S. team bids to win space prize. www.cnn.com. Septembe… ▶239Death
Burt RutanOur goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost. ✨ Commercial space travel next leap for mankind? by Michael … ▶153Humanity
Burt RutanTesting leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding132Sadness
Burt RutanUsually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The smart people dont.135Humanity
Burt RutanWe'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.135Humor
Burt RutanI have a hunch the most important reason we're going to space is not known now.136Philosophy
