Burt Rutan Astronaut Farmer?

[loxing]

Burt Rutan <br />Elon Musk<br />John Carmack<br />Brian Feeney<br /><br />My vote is for Burt Rutan the original Astronaut Farmer.<br />The movie producers lifted a page from these guys stories and the Altspace companies

 

[trailrider]

Well, maybe they took a little from Heinlein's, "Rocket Ship Galeleo". Some yehoo on the SciFi forum says it's an "insult to everyone who ever worked" in sending humans into space. He's nuts! Maybe...hopefully...it just might get some kids interested in space again!<br /><br />I'm not sure whether the people you listed are in this catagory or not. I'm thinking more in the area of Donald W. Douglas, Sr. & Jr.; Boeing, and the Lougheed (Lockheed) brothers. Or maybe in the Wright brothers catagory.<br /><br />Whatever, I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. The only way I'll be disappointed is if the technical details are messed up! For instance, if he says he's going to improve the performance by cranking the specific impulse up to 575 seconds by using premium gasoline instead of kerosene or some such nonsense! Also, if the farmer uses heat shield material from the same manufacturer as made it for Apollo, he should contact Lockheed-Martin, as the original manufacturer went out of business, and they can't find the original formula for Orion! <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />Ad Luna! Ad Ares! Ad Astra!