Quote by: Burt Rutan

By 1931, after a few years' experience of flying scheduled airlines, those planes were operating at roughly 600 times the safety of the space shuttle. I look at safety not in terms of fatalities per passenger-mile, but when you get in and close the door, what is the risk of dying on this flight?


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Author Bio


  • NameBurt Rutan
  • DescriptionAmerican aerospace engineer
  • BornJune 17, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAerospace Engineer; Engineer; Aviator; Entrepreneur
  • AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal; Daniel Guggenheim Medal