Archive for September 18th, 2008

Hazards in pushing the envelope

September 18th, 2008

Pushing the envelope can be a very dangerous business. This is even more true in the aerospace industry.
There is a company in California that I have always admired: Scaled Composites. Burt Rutan and his team have built some of the most interesting aircraft ever. (My favorite being the Boomerang.)
Their most high profile [...]