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== Origins == Bevin McKinney had been thinking about the idea of a launch vehicle using helicopter blades for several years, when [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] magazine asked [[Gary Hudson (engineer)|Gary Hudson]] to write an article on the concept.<ref name=wired>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.05/roton.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823145003/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.05/roton_pr.html |archivedate=2000-08-23 |work=Wired |title=Insanely Great? or Just Plain Insane? |first=Gary C. |last=Hudson |volume=4 |issue=5 |date=May 1996}}</ref> The resulting article resulted in a commitment of funding from billionaire [[Walter Anderson (entrepreneur)|Walt Anderson]], which was combined with an initial investment from author [[Tom Clancy]]<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rotary-rocket-unveils-new-rlv-design-major-investor-tom-clancy-becomes-a-director-74742647.html | title=Rotary Rocket Unveils New RLV Design Major Investor Tom Clancy Becomes a Director | date=July 21, 2014 |publisher=Rotary Rocket Co. | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 7, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207033304/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rotary-rocket-unveils-new-rlv-design-major-investor-tom-clancy-becomes-a-director-74742647.html}}</ref> and allowed the company to get started. [[Gary Hudson (engineer)|Hudson]] and McKinney were joined by co-founders Frederick Giarrusso, Dan DeLong, James Grote, Tom Brosz, and Anne Hudson, who together launched the company in October 1996.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
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