Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne

Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne
Cover of Mojave Magic
Directed by	Jim Sayers
Produced by	Dag Gano and Jim Sayers
Written by	Jim Sayers
Starring	Burt Rutan Mike Melvill Brian Binnie Paul Allen Peter Diamandis Sir Richard Branson Anousheh Ansari
Distributed by	Desert Turtle Productions
Release date(s)	June 1, 2005
Running time	62 minutes
Language	English

Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne, shot on location at the remote Mojave Airport, documents the historic flights of SpaceShipOne, including the first privately-funded human spaceflight on June 21, 2004 and the two subsequent flights on September 29 and October 4, 2004 that won the $10-million Ansari X Prize. The DVD includes the popular song, "I Want To Go In A Space Ship", honoring SpaceShipOne, Burt Rutan and the two civilian astronauts, Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie.

In addition to the flights themselves, the documentary includes:

• Pre-launch festivities, including open house at XCOR Aerospace.
• Comments from Mike Melvill from atop SpaceShipOne immediately after landing.
• Post-X Prize celebration hosted by X Prize Foundation chairman Dr. Peter Diamandis with comments from Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, Brian Binnie and Sir Richard Branson.

External links

• Official website
• Mojave Magic: A Turtle's Eye View of SpaceShipOne at the Internet Movie Database