Space shuttle for space tourism and first stage of a TSTO.

Pat Flannery wrote:

David Spain wrote:
Pat Flannery writes:

take-off trolley, with a trained Chimpanzee in the cockpit...but not
just any Chimpanzee...a Chimpanzee that has been genetically modified
with Bald Eagle DNA to give it an intuitive ability to understand
flight... ;-)

Is that Chimpanzee over-caffinated too?

Nothing that banal; the Eagle/Chimp hybrid (Eaglepanzee) will be given
Ayahuasca by an Amazonian shaman to allow it to pilot the vehicle
without even looking out the windows - by causing its spirit to be
everywhere at once, and in the past, present, and future simultaneously,
like a furry little Guild Steersman.

Erm, Pat - The Business Folks all think it's Way Shiny (Especially since
there's Magic involved), but the Marketing Ferrets say that the name
doesn't fly.
They're suggesting Chimpanzeagle as an alternative.

(And I'm bidding on the Lancelot Link Trainer for the workup facility)
--
Pete Stickney
Failure is not an option
It comes bundled with the system.