Black Sky: The Race For Space

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Black Sky: The Race for Space
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Starring Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, James Benson
Distributed by Discovery Communications
Release dates
2005
Running time
143
Country USA
Language English

Black Sky: The Race For Space is a Discovery Channel documentary about Space Ship One, and how a small team backed by Paul Allen achieved human suborbital spaceflight and win the Ansari X Prize. It contain insights about how the rocketplane was built, the challenge 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.[1] It won a Peabody Award in 2004.[2]

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  2. 64th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2005.

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