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Man in the News: Burt Rutan, rocket man

On a freezing evening in the Mojave desert this week, 800 people huddled under a swaying plastic tent to see the man hailed as the pre-eminent genius of the aerospace industry unveil his latest creation.
As storm clouds darkened the sky, howling winds battered the tent, to the obvious alarm of some guests. But Burt Rutan, the engineering brains behind the Virgin Space Ship Enterprise , the craft Sir Richard Branson hopes will soon be taking paying passengers into space, barely noticed.

Sunday 13 December, 2009 01:39 PM

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