ABOUT US
Production team
Princeton aerospace engineer
20-year Navy pilot
2nd private astronaut at age 47
Brian Binnie
Executive Producer
30-year cinematographer
Artemis I cinematographer
Blue Origin NS16-20 cam op
SpaceX Starship cam op
Kevin curran
Director, Editor
Brian Binnie’s son
Attended test flights as a teen
Jonathan Binnie
Executive Producer
Historic Interviews
Aerospace engineer
Visionary aerospace designer
Created 1st manned, private space program
Aerospace engineer
Visionary aerospace designer
Created 1st manned, private space program
BURT RUTAN
CEO / Founder of Scaled Composites
Never graduated high school
Scaled Composites’ employee #1
Burt’s go to test pilot
1st private astronaut at age 64
Never graduated high school
Scaled Composites’ employee #1
Burt’s go to test pilot
1st private astronaut at age 64
MIKE MELVILL
Test Pilot
Princeton aerospace engineer
20-year Navy pilot
2nd private astronaut at age 47
Princeton aerospace engineer
20-year Navy pilot
2nd private astronaut at age 47
Brian Binnie
Test Pilot
Aerospace engineer
Test pilot for White Knight
Doug and Burt assigned test pilots
Aerospace engineer
Test pilot for White Knight
Doug and Burt assigned test pilots
DOUG SHANE
Flight Director / Test Pilot
One of the youngest team members
Aerospace engineer
White Knight backseater
One of the youngest team members
Aerospace engineer
White Knight backseater
MATT STINEMETZE
SpaceShipOne Lead Engineer
Eloped to marry Mike as teens
Scaled Composites’ employee #2
Eloped to marry Mike as teens
Scaled Composites’ employee #2
Sally MELVILL
Married to Mike
Mother of three
Supportive, straight-laced “rock”
Brian’s private sounding board
Mother of three
Supportive, straight-laced “rock”
Brian’s private sounding board
VALERIE “BUB” BINNIE
Married to Brian
made with the support of
NASA, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Mojave Air & Space Port, National Test Pilot School, Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie, Mike Melvill, Valerie Binnie, Sally Melvill, Doug Shane and Matt Stinemetze.
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