Aerospace Innovator Burt Rutan Says Space Programs Need to Inspire

The legacy of iconoclastic visionary Burt Rutan ranges from globe-circling Voyager to SpaceShipOne, the first private craft to reach space in 2004. Now retired, Rutan still follows space programs with keen interest and sometimes dismay. Rutan spoke with NBCLA’s Patrick Healy via FaceTime from his new home in Idaho on October 11, 2012. First of two parts.