Sentences with phrase «by aircraft designer»
Like the Ansari X Prize, which was claimed in 2004 by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and financier Paul Allen for a pair of flights by SpaceShipOne, the Google Lunar X Prize is open to private industry and non-government entities worldwide, organizers said on Thursday.
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Like the Ansari X Prize, which was claimed in 2004 by aircraft designer Burt Rutan and financier Paul Allen for a pair of flights by SpaceShipOne, the Google Lunar X Prize is open to private industry and non-government entities worldwide.
Not exact matches
«I felt by testing the final product I'd understand it better, which would help me in my dream of being a configuration designer» — that is, a designer of aircraft, not just components.
The San Rafael, Calif., company's AutoCAD design software is used by designers the world over to model everything from office furniture to buildings to aircraft components.
Designed by French luxury yacht designers and available only on its Airbus A380 - 800 aircraft, Singapore Airlines» suites are individual cabins with sliding doors, window blinds and a bed that's separate from the 35 - inch - wide leather armchair.
The situation is similar to the early days of aviation, when aircraft designers were working by trial and error because the atmosphere was so poorly understood.
SpaceShipOne, created by aerospace engineer and aircraft designer Burt Rutan and financed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, was launched from a traditional airstrip attached to White Knight, a Rutan - designed experimental plane.
Maverick aircraft designer Burt Rutan captured the Ansari X Prize in 2004 by lofting his manned, reusable rocket plane SpaceShipOne into space, but that was a suborbital flight requiring about 2 percent of the energy needed to reach and maintain orbit.
Pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft designers, and other aviation experts are being charged to solve this incoming category of issues by designing fuel - efficient vehicles, overhauling takeoff and landing schedules, and raising the price of air travel.
For the further development of the Lamborghini design language, designers pulled their inspiration from another sphere dominated by speed and dynamics — from modern aeronautics, from the world's fastest and most agile aircraft.