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It'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.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Better Cell Cell Phone Enough Exploration Forward Generations Good Kids Look Need Not Good Enough Phone Us Version Video

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With any luck, by the time NASA's space probe hits Pluto, you'll be booking a spaceflight with a privately run suborbital airline.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Airline Any By The Time Hits Luck Nasa Pluto Privately Probe Run Space Time You

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I drove an electric car for seven years because of its advanced technology, not because I have any concerns about energy resources. I have none at all. And when environmentalists say that global warming is dangerous, unprecedented and that we'll have a tipping point for atmospheric carbon dioxide, it's just nonsense.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: About Advanced Advanced Technology Any Because Car Carbon Carbon Dioxide Concerns Dangerous Drove Electric Energy Environmentalists Global Global Warming Just None Nonsense Point Resources Say Seven Technology Tipping Unprecedented Warming Years

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Space 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 more dangerous and more expensive to fly than those first throwaway rockets, even though large portions of it were reusable. It's absurd.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Absurd After Being Dangerous Ended Even Expensive Fifty First Fly Large More Now Only Portions Rockets Shuttle Space Space Shuttle Space Travel Technology Than Those Though Travel Up Were Year Years

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We 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 future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Affordable Discovery Dreams Experience Exploration Fun Future Goals Inspiration Inspire Know Lead Need Our Position Prize Progress Set Significant Space Space Travel Thanks Them Travel Us Youth

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The most impressive airplane ever, I believe, was designed only a dozen years after the first operational jet. Stayed in service till it was too rusty to fly, taken out of service. We retreated in '98 back to something that was developed in '56. What? The most impressive spaceship ever, I believe, was a Grumman Lunar Lander.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: After Airplane Back Believe Designed Developed Dozen Ever First Fly Impressive Jet Most Only Operational Out Rusty Service Something Spaceship Stayed Taken Till Too Years I Believe

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Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.

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Topics: Failure Leads Testing Understanding

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Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Breakthroughs People Smart Smart People Wacky

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We'll go back to the moon by not learning anything new.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Anything Back Go Learning Moon New To The Moon

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We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was enabled by all the PCs out there.

~Burt Rutan

Topics: Along Before Came Computers Fun Had Home Importance Internet Know Mostly Out Them Then Pcs

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 17th, 1943

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