Apparently, it's still quite dangerous to strap yourself into a home-made rocket and head on up to space at Mach 3,2!
That was in doubt?
Seriously, this wasn't a "botch it together and see what happens" job, and I'm sure we all recognise that. Nonetheless, I've never heard of the first live run of something that takes this big a step forward being trouble-free, except at the senior management and press briefings.
My first degree was in astronautics, so unsurprisingly I know a few people in the trade. The phone has been red hot the last two days with "how can we do that here" conversations? Anybody got a couple of million spare? Also could do with a good high speed aerodynamicist with some time on their hands.
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