Shiver Me Timbers wrote:
C Kingsbury wrote:



Geez, give the guy a chance, why don't you! Branson is a reputable
businessman,


You will notice that in the TV interviews he is holding the Burt Rutan
spaceship and white knight in his hand.

So obviously Burt has to be involved somehow and yet there wasn't
a mention or a whiff about that angle. And what about what's his
name the guy from Microsoft who put up the money for Burt's project.

Caught the segment on the news yesterday. Interestingly they used cgi
animation of Spaceship 1 and White Knight to illustrate the concept. I
imagine that this is the result of some journalists jumping to
conclusions, but is there any realistic commercial alternative. Also
he timed this pretty well. With the X prize attempts coming up shortly
it will achieve maximum publicity for Branson.