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Burt Rutan

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Peter Diamandis dreamed of outer space his whole life. But since the days of his childhood, when the Apollo program was at its height, America's excitement for the exploration of space has waned, even if Peter's obsession never did. So Peter set out to find a way to kick-start the next evolution of spaceflight, inspiring people all over the world to look to the stars again. "Visioneer" tells the story of Peter's vision to create the XPRIZE, a $10 million contest meant to encourage the creation of new space vehicles and a whole new space industry. Through hard work, passion, and a never-say-die attitude, Peter and his colleagues managed to overcome hurdle after hurdle to create the Ansari XPRIZE and help usher in a new era of private spaceflight.
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Burt Rutan was born on 17 June 1943 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is an actor, known for Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005), Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts (2025) and Looking Up, Way Up! The Burt Rutan Story.
BornJune 17, 1943
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    • Known for

    Vanna Bonta in Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005)
    Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up
    7.6
    Music Video
    • Burt Rutan
    • 2005
    Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, Mike Melvill, and Doug Shane in Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts (2025)
    Beyond Blue Sky: The Untold Story of the First Private Astronauts
    8.2
    • Self
    • 2025
    Looking Up, Way Up! The Burt Rutan Story
    • Self
      Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story (2015)
      Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story
      8.8
      • Self
      • 2015

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      Actor

      • Vanna Bonta in Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005)
        Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up
        7.6
        Music Video
        • Burt Rutan
        • 2005

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      Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story
      Trailer 3:23
      Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story

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        • SpaceShipOne developer Burt Rutan
      • Born
        • June 17, 1943
        • Portland, Oregon, USA
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        Designed the first aircraft (named "voyager") to fly around the world non-stop without refueling in 1986.
      • Quotes
        When there's ever a breakthrough, a true breakthrough, you can go back and find a time period when the consensus was "well, that's nonsense!", so what that means is that a true creative researcher has to have confidence in nonsense.

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