How Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne used aviation-first engineering to win the 2004 Ansari X Prize and permanently expand what aviation can claim as its territory.
VectorHow Burt Rutan's feathering wing solved spacecraft reentry without a heat shield - the aerodynamic insight that launched commercial space tourism.
VectorHow Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne reached space using an air launch, a hybrid rocket, and a self-stabilizing feathering wing.
VectorHow SpaceShipOne, a homebuilt-derived experimental aircraft from Mojave, flew to space and won the Ansari X Prize in 2004.
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