Release date 2005 Country USA Initial release 3 October 2004 Network Discovery Channel | Running time 143 Language English First episode date 3 October 2004 Awards Peabody Award | |
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Starring Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, James Benson Distributed by Discovery Communications Directors Sandy Guthrie, Gail Willumsen, Jill Shinefield, Scott B Cast Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, Brian Binnie, Cory Bird, John B T Campbell III Similar Orphans of Apollo, Journey to the Edge of the Unive, Destiny in Space, James May on the Moon, The Space Movie | ||
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. It won a Peabody Award in 2004.
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