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Originally Posted by afterburn 549
Rutan has put a ship in space has he not?
I think critiquing him from the armchair is sort of absurd?
I would guess he has the empennage figured out?
Most of us can not make a decent paper aeroplane.
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Yes, Rutan has put a ship in space, and some spectacular failure. The NTSB was critiquing him for that last design.
The Q is, who are you to be critiquing any who critiquing him?
Seriously, it is apparent that Rutan is an old-school aero-thinker (with lots of carbon fiber). He would never push forward any of the modern (computer controlled) configurations. It's not his thing. This project has much more in common with the spruce goose than say a B2. Add to that, Rutan like to poke at conventional configurations with quirky offerings. --it's his shtick.