Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.
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Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.Burt Rutan
Just like when early airplanes were flying in 1910, we didn't know what the benefits are, but we were doing it because it was fun.
Burt Rutan
Since Yuri Gagarin and Al Shepard's epoch flights in 1961, all space missions have been flown only under large, expensive government efforts. By contrast, our program involves a few, dedicated individuals who are focused entirely on making spaceflight affordable,
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Dick made the point in 1986 that it would be good for someone to come out and beat the record, and he's delighted to give it up.
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I strongly feel that, if we are successful, our program will mark the beginning of a renaissance for manned space flight. This might even be similar to that wonderful time period between 1908 and 1912 when the world went from a total of ten airplane pilots to hundreds of airplane types and thousands of pilots in 39 countries.
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