Rutan on the Proposed Budget for NASA

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:13:49 +0000 (UTC), Rick Jones
wrote:

In sci.space.history John wrote:
Such comments are unexpected from a maverick engineer long
identified with pushing the boundaries of commercial space projects,
and the man who designed the first commercial suborbital rocketship.

I would consider that an understatement.

Mr. Rutan has since backpeddaled a lot from that statement, saying he
was misquoted or his quotes were "cherry-picked".

Brian