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, and his thoughts about NASA and government. It won a Peabody Award in 2004.
Black Sky: The Race for Space (2004)
Directed by Sandy Guthrie / Scott B / Gail Willumsen / Jill Shinefield
Genres - Documentary |
Release Date - Oct 3, 2004 |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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Ansari, For Space, Government, Nasa, Peabody Award, Prize, Race, Sky Plc, Space Ship, Team, Technology, Vision
Alternate Titles
Black Sky: The Race for Space
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