--- title: "13 Years Quotes By Burt Rutan" description: "13 Years quotes by Burt Rutan. Plus more from Burt Rutan and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine_3112328.jpg" --- > [In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine-affordable-space-tourism-not/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine_3112328.jpg) > [There will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. I will predict that in twelve or fifteen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/there-will-be-a-new-industry-and-we-are-just-now-in-the-beginning-i/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/burt-rutan-12448_black_there-will-be-a-new-industry-and-we-are_935408.jpg) > [At various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/at-various-times-over-20-years-i-did-preliminary-designs-for-aircraft/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/burt-rutan-12448_aircraft_at-various-times-over-20-years-i-did-pre_2198641.jpg) > [By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/by-1973-we-had-a-space-station-the-skylab-and-we-had-multiple-probes/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/burt-rutan-12448_about_by-1973-we-had-a-space-station-the-skyla_2189935.jpg) > [I drove an electric car for seven years because of its advanced technology, not because I have any concerns about energy resources.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/i-drove-an-electric-car-for-seven-years-because-of-its-advanced/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/burt-rutan-12448_advanced-technology_i-drove-an-electric-car-for-seven-years_3181142.jpg) > [By 1931, after a few years' experience of flying scheduled airlines, those planes were operating at roughly 600 times the safety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/by-1931-after-a-few-years-experience-of-flying-scheduled-airlines/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/burt-rutan-12448_airline_by-1931-after-a-few-years-experience-of_3029534.jpg) > [Within 25 years, virtual reality meetings will be essentially transparent to being there in person. Once we can do this, the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings-will-be-essentially/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/burt-rutan-12448_aircraft_within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings_557647.jpg) > [I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vietnam-war-flight-testing/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/burt-rutan-12448_air_i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vie_297373.jpg) > [The most impressive airplane ever, I believe, was designed only a dozen years after the first operational jet. Stayed in service till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-believe-was-designed-only-a-dozen/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/burt-rutan-12448_after_the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-beli_3040032.jpg) > [Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple-thing-to-do-and-should-have/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/burt-rutan-12448_able_flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple_315442.jpg) > [Space travel is the only technology that is more dangerous and more expensive now than it was in its first year. Fifty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/space-travel-is-the-only-technology-that-is-more-dangerous-and-more/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/burt-rutan-12448_absurd_space-travel-is-the-only-technology-that_2942995.jpg) > [There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/there-was-a-wonderful-little-short-four-year-time-period-when/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/burt-rutan-12448_airplane_there-was-a-wonderful-little-short-four_2280508.jpg) > [The next 15 years will see thousands of people leave the atmosphere on suborbital flights. My company's SS2 system might fly 100,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/the-next-15-years-will-see-thousands-of-people-leave-the-atmosphere/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/burt-rutan-12448_apollo_the-next-15-years-will-see-thousands-of_1949769.jpg) ## Other authors on Years ## More by Burt Rutan > [I like to call the difference between research and development. Some people use that interchangeably. They'll say R&D. They're two totally different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/i-like-to-call-the-difference-between-research-and-development-some/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [America was good enough to make a small compact lighter weight nuclear weapon. The Russians still had these big clunky heavy ones, so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/america-was-good-enough-to-make-a-small-compact-lighter-weight/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [A true creator researches how to have confidence in nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/a-true-creator-researches-how-to-have-confidence-in-nonsense/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vietnam-war-flight-testing/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago. Ten years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple-thing-to-do-and-should-have/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/we-didn-t-know-the-importance-of-home-computers-before-the-internet/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Virgin Galactic, which will be operating SpaceShipTwo, will be only one of several spacelines. The competitors for Virgin include the Russians, Bezos's Blue Origin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/virgin-galactic-which-will-be-operating-spaceshiptwo-will-be-only-one/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Within 25 years, virtual reality meetings will be essentially transparent to being there in person. Once we can do this, the idea of climbing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings-will-be-essentially/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Everything looks nonsensical before it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/everything-looks-nonsensical-before-it-works/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [A NASA-funded study estimates that if the price of a ticket to space approached $100,000, close to a million people would buy one. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/a-nasa-funded-study-estimates-that-if-the-price-of-a-ticket-to-space/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Achieving something that has never existed in manned spaceflight and that is high volume and public access.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/achieving-something-that-has-never-existed-in-manned-spaceflight-and/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [There will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. I will predict that in twelve or fifteen years there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/there-will-be-a-new-industry-and-we-are-just-now-in-the-beginning-i/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/our-goal-is-to-show-that-you-can-develop-a-robust-safe-manned-space/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The 'smart' people don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/usually-the-wacky-people-have-the-breakthroughs-the-smart-people-don-t/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) > [In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/in-the-coming-era-of-manned-space-exploration-by-the-private-sector/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years/burt-rutan/#itemlist", "name": "13 Years Quotes By Burt Rutan", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Rutan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine-affordable-space-tourism-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine_3112328.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine_3112328.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_in-12-or-15-years-there-will-be-routine_3112328.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of…” — Burt Rutan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There will be a new industry, and we are just now in the beginning. 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Once we can do this, the idea of climbing into an aircraft, and burning up huge quantities of fossil fuels to propel our bodies and briefcases full of papers, will seem absolutely backward.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Rutan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings-will-be-essentially/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/burt-rutan-12448_aircraft_within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings_557647.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/burt-rutan-12448_aircraft_within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings_557647.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/burt-rutan-12448_aircraft_within-25-years-virtual-reality-meetings_557647.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Within 25 years, virtual reality meetings will be essentially transparent to being there in person. 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Of course, one of them is around-the-world Voyager.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Rutan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vietnam-war-flight-testing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/burt-rutan-12448_air_i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vie_297373.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/burt-rutan-12448_air_i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vie_297373.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/burt-rutan-12448_air_i-spent-about-seven-years-during-the-vie_297373.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. 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The most impressive spaceship ever, I believe, was a Grumman Lunar Lander.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Rutan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-believe-was-designed-only-a-dozen/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/burt-rutan-12448_after_the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-beli_3040032.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/burt-rutan-12448_after_the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-beli_3040032.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/burt-rutan-12448_after_the-most-impressive-airplane-ever-i-beli_3040032.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The most impressive airplane ever, I believe, was designed only a dozen years after the first operational…” — Burt Rutan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago. Ten years from now, we will have space tourism where you will be able to see the black sky and the curvature of the earth. It will be the most exciting roller coaster ride you can buy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Burt Rutan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple-thing-to-do-and-should-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/burt-rutan-12448_able_flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple_315442.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/burt-rutan-12448_able_flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple_315442.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/burt-rutan-12448_able_flight-out-of-the-atmosphere-is-a-simple_315442.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty…” — Burt Rutan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Space travel is the only technology that is more dangerous and more expensive now than it was in its first year. 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