Black Sky (2004)
Black Sky (2004)
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The remarkable story of Burt Rutan and SpaceShipOne. Only three of the most powerful governments in the world have achieved what they set out to do from a garage in the Mojave desert: to put a man in space.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Hutton
Executive Producer
Paul G. Allen
Self
Paul Allen
Self
Jim Benson
Self
Jim Benson
Self
Brian Binnie
Self
Scott B
Director
Sandy Guthrie
Director
Media.
Details.
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Black Sky: The Race For Space is a 2004 Discovery Channel documentary about Space Ship One, and how a small team backed by Paul Allen achieved human suborbital spaceflight and won the Ansari X Prize. It contains insights about how the rocketplane was built, the challenges they faced when they flew it, the vision of Burt Rutan about the future of this technology (tier two and three), and his thoughts about NASA and government. It won a Peabody Award in 2004.