Spaceship One
folded from an uncut square
designed by Brian Chan
October 2006
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On Oct. 4, 2004, Spaceship One made history by being the first private manned spacecraft to fly into space (and thus winning the Ansari X-prize. The graceful craft (and launch ship, White Knight) were designed by the famed Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites.
A design challenge between me and Jason Ku.
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