Oklahoma officials' pie in the sky

Rocketplane has all the appearances of another Great Plains airline. The only sign of progress are a bunch of press announcements and the old 2 year delay. Delays are the footprint of failing ideas.

Oklahoma officials apparently felt our children's education and teacher pay raises could wait awhile in order to subsidize the wealthy and a Texas wedding to the tune of at least $18 million. [Ref A135]

The primary useful purpose that Rocketplane had for its business, if they ever got going were expensive thrill rides for the very wealthy who could afford to pay according to their competitors, $300,000 or so, for the luxury ride. And, a big Texas wedding that Texas is to smart to subsidize.

Oklahoma officials apparently felt charging the very wealthy more than $300,000 for a thrill ride might be hard on their pocket books. So Oklahoma officials felt it only fair to take some money needed for school supplies and bus repair, leaky roofs and use it to make the rides a little cheaper for the wealthy thrill riders.

Another case of Oklahoma officials with the authority to freely pass out money, yet so void of the intelligences to ask simple business questions. There is long list of obvious questions that appear to never have been considered.

Questions similar to what should have been ask at Great Plains, Quartz Mountain, Nanjing's MG project, MCI WorldCom, National Pet products, Guthrie's train deal and about everything or more corrupt than intelligent state officials handle.

1. There are close to ten companies competing with Rocketplane for the space business. Only one, Virgin Galactic, which most agree has a distinct edge for many reasons. First, it has the expertise of the only folks to actually put a privately developed craft into outer space. Virgin Galactic has the financial backing and marketing entree of the billionaire Richard Branson who started the very successful British Virgin Atlantic Airlines

2. Part of Rocketplane's pitch for Oklahoma funding was the future in hauling cargo between countries, e.g., Japan.

If it is going to cost $300,000 to fly a person then cargo is going to be very expensive.

Why would anyone pay the huge cost of transporting cargo to the middle nowhere, then have to truck or re-fly that cargo to the US population centers? Wouldn't it make much more business sense to have those space ports near the coast?

Which leads us to what we believe Rocketplane will do. Rocketplane will eventually have to shop for another state to locate for both a better location and more money.

The issue is with our not so smart state officials. Rocketplane will simply do what it has to do to maximum the opportunity for success.

Item 3 through infinity can be provided if warranted.