A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut can't be creative. He has to follow a predetermined detailed checklist written by an engineer and if he gets a little creative he'll never fly again.
Science is not about consensus, and consensus is not science. - Burt Rutan
Science is not about consensus, and consensus is not science.
- Burt Rutan
NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to … - Burt Rutan
NASA's myriad failures are in many ways the natural consequence of a catastrophic combination of bureaucracy, monopoly, and a calcifying aversion to …
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 … - Burt Rutan
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 …
I believe that research, that you can claim that you're doing research only if half of the people, and I'm talking about half of the experts, believe… - Burt Rutan
I believe that research, that you can claim that you're doing research only if half of the people, and I'm talking about half of the experts, believe…
The next 15 years will see thousands of people leave the atmosphere on suborbital flights. My company's SS2 system might fly 100,000 people by 2024. … - Burt Rutan
The next 15 years will see thousands of people leave the atmosphere on suborbital flights. My company's SS2 system might fly 100,000 people by 2024. …
I like to call the difference between research and development. Some people use that interchangeably. They'll say R&D. They're two totally different … - Burt Rutan
I like to call the difference between research and development. Some people use that interchangeably. They'll say R&D. They're two totally different …
NASA is doing nothing but development. They're not doing research in manned spaceflight at all and I see no reason for them to do that because we alr… - Burt Rutan
NASA is doing nothing but development. They're not doing research in manned spaceflight at all and I see no reason for them to do that because we alr…
A true creator researches how to have confidence in nonsense. - Burt Rutan
A true creator researches how to have confidence in nonsense.
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 … - Burt Rutan
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 …
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