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"Jeff Findley" wrote:

Considering the small size of the X-Prize, I'd be surprised if they didn't
have, at least, a vision of this happening. Even if they win the prize, I'm
sure they will have spent more than $10 million on this project. The only
way to ever get your money's worth out of this is to turn it into a fully
commercial enterprise with follow-on vehicles.

All true -- apparently Allen has spent about $25M on SS1 -- but it was
never certain that he ever intended to get his money's worth out of it.
He may have been doing it for a lark, or for the thrill of the contest,
or just because he's a space buff and wants to go into space himself.

So I'm glad to see some confirmation (from what seems like a reasonably
reliable source) that there is more planned.

It would seem to be appropriate to develop and present such plans after your
technology demonstrator proves the concept.

Quite so. I can't wait to see what comes next!

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