Robert Hargrave

Founder of Scaled Composites and builder of SpaceShipOne

Robert Hargrave is an American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Scaled Composites, a company that designs and manufactures commercial aircraft. Hargrave is best known for building SpaceShipOne, a private spacecraft that became the first privately funded vehicle to reach space. He has also worked on various other aerospace projects, including the development of the SpaceShipTwo suborbital laun...