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Elbert Leander Rutan ou Burt Rutan est un ingénieur aéronautique né le 17 juin 1943 à Portland aux États-Unis. Ses premières créations sont des avions de configuration canard destinés à la construction amateur.

Burt Rutan obtient son diplôme d'ingénieur aéronautique à l'université polytechnique de Californie en 1965.

Il travaille pour l'US Air Force de 1965 jusqu'à 1972 comme ingénieur d'essais en vol à Edwards en Californie. En mars 1972, il devient directeur du Bede Test Center pour la firme Bede Aircraft à Newton, au Kansas.

Son frère pilote Dick Rutan a réalisé le tour du monde sans escale avec Jeana Yeager à bord du Voyager dessiné par Burt. Wikipedia  

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“To have breakthroughs, you must have confidence in nonsense, okay? That's why only weird guys tend to have the breakthroughs: a sensible person won't have a breakthrough 'cause he writes it off real quickly as nonsense and, therefore, he doesn't ever do something that's nonsense.”

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"Inside the New Space Race," Space's Deepest Secrets (S2E17, first aired 5 September 2017, 9:07:01–9:07:19 PM EST).

“I strongly feel that, if we are successful, our program will mark the beginning of a renaissance for manned space flight. This might even be similar to that wonderful time period between 1908 and 1912 when the world went from a total of ten airplane pilots to hundreds of airplane types and thousands of pilots in 39 countries. We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X PRIZE [Foundation] for the inspiration.”

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From website: The Ansari X PRIZE (http://www.xprize.org/teams/mojave_aerospace_ventures.php ). Retrieved Nov. 23, 2004.

“If you don't have a consensus that it's nonsense, you don't have a breakthrough.”

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From article: Taylor, Chris (Nov. 29, 2004). The Sky's the Limit. Time Magazine, p. 67.