Person Of The Year: The Space Entrepreneur – Aviation Week
Person Of The Year: The Space Entrepreneur – Aviation Week
The quiet work of space entrepreneurs is becoming reality, and metal and fire are streaking through the upper atmosphere into low Earth orbit. (Photo: Chad Slattery)….
Working quietly in the background since the days of viewgraphs, a group of space entrepreneurs has long been pitching far-fetched ideas to skeptical moneymen with the fervor of evangelists. Now their viewgraphs—updated to Powerpoint and CAD/CAM—are becoming reality, and metal and fire are streaking through the upper atmosphere into low Earth orbit.
Congratulations – you’ve continued the tradition of independent entrepreneur and tinkerer excellence represented by Bert Rutan. You make me proud to be an American, where corporate and government consensus ideas still aren’t making the breakthroughs that independent thinkers are. Press on!
Comment by J Johnson — 1/6/2010 @ 4:27 pm
Way to go! I was so happy to hear about this.
You have at least one proud uncle.
Keep going, you’re doing great!
Comment by Jim Masten - Uncle Jim — 1/11/2010 @ 8:13 am
Great job!!! Sorry I missed the live broadcasts. Awesome work that you and your team have done. Rivals the garage shops here in Silicon Valley. Keep up the excellent work.
Comment by Rick Eversole — 1/25/2010 @ 4:41 pm