A Giant Leap for Burt Rutan: "Burt Rutan isn't one to mince words. Just minutes after the world's first privately funded spacecraft touched down at the Mojave (Calif.) Airport on Oct. 4, Rutan, who created the machine, had this to say to the aerospace Establishment: 'The Boeings (BA ) and Lockheeds (LMT ) of the world probably thought we were a bunch of home builders. I think they're looking at each other right now and thinking, 'We're screwed!'"