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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's 2003 and in the Mojave Desert, renegade aviation genius Burt Rutan is building a spaceship funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

But while Rutan and Allen are preparing to launch the world's first privately funded astronaut, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are still struggling to get their space missions off the ground.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars, add free on Amazon music.
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0:07.0	A note to listeners, this episode includes explicit language.
0:22.0	It's the year 2000, and an elaborately decorated office on Seattle's waterfront.
0:27.0	Bert Routan looks up from his bowl of split pea soup to his lunch companion.
0:32.0	Routanzer renegade engineer with Mutton Chop sideburns.
0:36.0	He's a long way from his base in California's Mahabhi Desert, where he creates experimental flying machines.
0:43.0	And he's about to pitch his wildest idea yet to one of the richest men on earth.
0:49.0	That man is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
0:53.0	Though he left the company in 1982, he kept his shares.
0:57.0	Now, he's a billionaire many times over.
1:01.0	The pale skin, tectycune, smiles at Routan and dab soup from his lips with an napkin.
1:08.0	Soup's delicious, but...
1:10.0	Bert, don't let it get cold.
1:12.0	But Routanz not interested in soup.
1:15.0	His time with Allen is short, and he's got one shot to sell his latest idea to the reclusive billionaire.
1:21.0	Paul, remember when we first met in the Mahabhi?
1:25.0	You said it would be really cool if there was a vehicle that could fly to space in land like a plane.
1:31.0	Well, I know how to do it.
1:33.0	I found a safer way for reentry.
1:36.0	Allen stopped spooning soup into his mouth.
1:39.0	Really? How?
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