Doesn't look like anyone's going anywhere soon.
Just remember that Scaled Composites SS1 is flight hardware, not a prototype
or a scaled version. Their [and other's] development is being done in secret as
is normal in a race environment.
We may be surprized when the Xprize is popped.
^
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