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{{Short description|American test pilot}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox astronaut
| name          = Douglas B. Shane
| image         =
| type          = [[Test pilot]]
| nationality   = American
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| alma_mater    = [[University of Kansas]]
| occupation    = Executive, [[Test pilot|Test Pilot]]
| selection     = [[List of astronauts by selection#2003|SpaceShipOne 2003]]
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| missions      = None
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'''Douglas Bennett Shane''' is President of [[The Spaceship Company]], as well as an American [[test pilot]] who has trained as a [[commercial astronaut]]. He was a member of the [[Scaled Composites]] astronaut team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=1858&gid=154 |title=Image Gallery: X PRIZE: The Competition is Heating Up |publisher=[[Space.com]] |accessdate=2009-05-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524044812/http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagegallery/igviewer.php?imgid=1858&gid=154 |archivedate=2009-05-24 }}</ref> and one of the test pilots for [[SpaceShipOne]], the experimental [[spaceplane]] developed by Scaled Composites.
Shane worked as the operations director on the SpaceShipOne project in addition to being one of the program pilots,<ref name="floridatoday1">{{cite web |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/blogs/100404xprize/ |title= |website=www.floridatoday.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013231/http://www.floridatoday.com/blogs/100404xprize/ |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>
and later served as President of Scaled Composites from 2008 through early 2013.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

==Biography==
In 1982, Shane received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[aerospace engineering]] from the [[University of Kansas]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

Shane built{{when|date=February 2016}} a Long-Ez he called the "Shane Runabout".{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

===Scaled Composites===
In 1982, Shane joined Scaled Composites, in Mojave, California, as a test pilot and founding member.  After 1989, he was responsible for business development, contracts, and proposals, as well as the company's flight test operations.<ref name=nsw20130628 />

In 1997, Shane received the [[Iven C. Kincheloe Award]] from the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]] for his flight test work on the [[Williams V-Jet II]] and Vision Aire Vantage. He is a past President of the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

In 2004, as director of flight operations, Shane supervised the [[Ansari X Prize]] qualification flights from the control room. Although he was one of the four qualified pilots for [[SpaceShipOne]], Shane did not fly any of the flights himself.<ref name="floridatoday1" />

In June 2008, Shane was appointed president of Scaled Composites, taking over this role from previous president and company founder [[Burt Rutan]].  He stayed in this position for five years, from 2008 through early 2013.<ref name=nsw20130628 />

===The Spaceship Company===
In June 2013, Shane joined [[The Spaceship Company]] (TSC) to become executive VP and general manager, ending a 31-year career with Scaled Composites, including five as president.<ref name=nsw20130628>{{cite news |last=Lindsey |first=Clark |title=Doug Shane named Executive VP and General Manager of The Spaceship Company |url=http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/doug-shane-named-executive-vp-and-general-manager-of-the-spaceship-company.html |accessdate=2013-06-29 |newspaper=NewSpace Watch |date=2013-06-28 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=2021-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427023512/http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/doug-shane-named-executive-vp-and-general-manager-of-the-spaceship-company.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was promoted to president of TSC in July 2014.<ref name=cis20140730>{{cite web |title=Doug Shane Named President of The Spaceship Company |url=http://www.citizensinspace.org/2014/07/doug-shane-named-president-of-the-spaceship-company/ |publisher=Citizens in Space |accessdate=2014-07-30|date=2014-07-30 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Scaled Composites]]
*[[SpaceShipOne]]
*[[The Spaceship Company]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040622040312/http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/shane.htm Scaled Composites biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930213607/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/shane.htm Biography on Encyclopedia Astronautica]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216162734/http://pages.prodigy.net/pxkb94ars/Astro_USA_S.htm List of American Astronauts]
* [http://www.astro-auction.com/cgi-bin/auction/php/auction.php?category=closed&item=collectibles11172590312 Auction entry for Shane signature under category "Astronaut Autographs"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.astronaut.ru/suborb/as_scald/text/shane.htm?reload_coolmenus Name]

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