X-Prize Won! I said it wouldn't be done.

Mary Shafer wrote:
[...]
We could afford it, by cashing out the equity in our Lancaster house.
We won't, though.

Just wait a couple of years for the equity to double ;-)

[...]
It's the Last Big Thing or maybe a couple of Things back. Flown flags
sell fairly briskly, not that I've sold either of mine.

Ahh, but the NBT would be "shuttle-flown items flown on SSn" -- that
ought to be good for a couple times. After that, these guys have to
comes up with their own NBT.

I just caught Jeff's reply, and his line

Engineering, after all, is all about trade-offs. ;-)

captures the image exactly!

Now, which SSn is going to be at the county fair for Harrison to hire
for *his* moon trip? I'll be the geek in line right behind him.

/dps