Originally Posted by
VerticalPilot
Undoubtedly, Hill’s personal risk will serve to put a fantastic HX50 in the hands of deposit holders sooner than reasonably expected.
in your expression, that already sounds like we are home free.
There is still a long road to the whole thing flying. As for "Hill’s personal risk", there is none!, sure if it blows up his reputation will suffer, but he will still have the accumulated know how, which more often than not find itself another commercial opportunity in one form or another. If it completes itself to successful delivery, (and no large design miss recall or regulatory hurdle comes in the way) he inherits an organization with no bank debt nicely and generously boot strapped by its customers. That is how it works in R&D, there is no dead body.