Just as well he didn't go to Prestwick - would have to dodge the spaceships there!
From the Herald:
Space travel from Scotland by end of decade as Prestwick secures Nasa tie-in (From HeraldScotland)
"The Ayrshire airport has struck a deal with counterparts in Texas, which will see it benefit from expertise from the Houston Spaceport, one of 10 commercial space flight operations in the US.
A delegation from Houston and the Nasa-connected Rice Space Institute met with representatives from the Scottish space industry and local politicians, with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the various parties.
At Tuesday's event, Richard Jenner, Prestwick's spaceport director, said he hoped flights could be operational within three years.
He added: “We couldn’t wish for a more experienced partner than Houston. They have a long history of facilitating government funded launches and it is exciting to be embarking on the move to commercial space launches alongside them.
“This partnership will hopefully expedite the establishment of a spaceport at Prestwick.
“For us, the immediate focus will be working with our launch partners to provide lower cost access to space for the booming UK satellite and associated services industry in the UK and across the world. However, longer term, this partnership could develop in to a point to point for passenger travel using hyper sonic flight capability that will help to cut down journey times by a matter of hours.”
Gosh - hold the front page!
Spaceships will cut the journey time BY a matter of hours!" Not TO a matter of hours!
Just as well he isn't in charge of communications with the aliens!