On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:35:33 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

Eisboch wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
...make sure you watch the videos tonight of Burt Rutan's ship...

It was...frightening. But it ended ok. The videos are breathtaking.

Really.



Did you see the informal press conference where the pilot claimed that
the wild corkscrews were actually intended victory rolls?

Eisboch

No...didn't see that...looked like death rolls to me...I was expecting
the worst.

The whole Rutan project is just astonishing. And Rutan himself seems so
low-key.

I met him a few years ago - he is very low key.

He is also very intense - there is a wild look in his eyes that is
midly disturbing.

Then again, most genius types I've met over the years have that sort
of intensity.

Later,

Tom