Rick with the "Nexus" think tank group at Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites in 2004, before the X-Prize flights. The group in the picture includes Rutan, Peter Diamandis (Founder of the X-Prize) and Elon Musk (far left) founder of SpaceX.
Rick in front of the White Knight and SpaceShip One in early 2004
Rick Tumlinson looking into the windows of Space Ship One with Burt Rutan in the foreground. June, 2004
Rick and Burt Rutan at Burt's pyramid shaped house in Mojave California in early 2004