[Congressman Billybob]

In answer to your question, Dick Roton is the "test pilot" of a privately financed, reuseable launch vehicle. That project is also located in the Las Vegas area. A test launch of a small-scale prototype was reported in an article about a month ago.

This is one of those subjects which is entirely feasible from a technical standpoint. All it takes is the wilolingness and the wherewithall to do it. This man seems to have both.

Congressman Billybob

Phil & Billybob in the mornings.

[Brett66]

XCOR

Dick Rutan is the test pilot for XCOR. His brother, Burt Rutan, is the team leader at scaled composites- an X-Prize contender.