Clarke, in what must have been one of his last endorsements. The book itself includes a coveted foreword by the late Sir Arthur C. Dan Linehan managed to gain access to SS1’s “baby pictures,” providing a much-better-than-average set of images celebrating this unique craft. This “peek behind the curtain” sets the stage for a very thorough set of developmental photographs and graphics. In fact, one of my favorite images would have made a great cover for Aviation Week & Space Technology: it shows Rutan and flight test director Doug Shane pulling aside a curtain to reveal the still-under-construction SS1. Louis and the Bell X-1, the first craft to break the sound barrier.
What a treat, then, to see behind-the-scenes photographs of Scaled Composites’ development of SS1, now sharing pride of place in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum between Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Part of the delay, presumably, was the result of decisions made by Burt Rutan, SS1’s legendary builder, who kept - and continues to keep - tight wraps on his projects. SpaceShipOne is a detailed, coffee-table-size book offering the reader inside narrative details and pictures of this history-making vehicle. The reason I say this is because it would be even more popular had it come out within a year of the historic first flight of SpaceShipOne (SS1) that won the $10 million Ansari X Prize. SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History should have come out years ago.
Title: SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History
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