Scaled Composites [SEP] inception
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Company history.
Scaled Composites was established in 1982 and purchased by the Beech Aircraft Corporation in 1985, as a result of the collaboration on the Starship project. In 1988, Beech's parent company, Raytheon, sold Scaled back to Rutan, who then sold it to Wyman-Gordon. After Wyman-Gordon was acquired by Precision Castparts Corp., Rutan and ten investors re-acquired the company as Scaled Composites, LLC. Northrop Grumman, a major shareholder in the company with a 40% stake, said
to be developed by Scaled Composites and AirLaunch LLC, and ground launch systems developed by companies such as SpaceX and Kistler Aerospace.
External links.
- t/Space website
- Final architecture briefing to NASA - 2 Mar 2005
- Initial concept presentation - 13 Sep 2004
- NASA page on preliminary VSE concept studies - last updated 22 Nov 2007, accessed 2008-07-03
- t/Space Offers an Option for Closing Shuttle, CEV Gap (Space.com, May 9, 2005)
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