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Integration as a whole was a bit of a hurdle...I think Jim's side of the deal was workable...Rutan's got a tremendous machine of people and facilities...And that is a great thing...

I'm surprised Harry tied you up like that???

I always thought that if it got a little more backing (i.e.: $$$$$$) we could have done some more...We participated knowing that all the good stuff would come in on the backside of the deal...

Like I said, I think the CAC folks really killed a lot of the momentum at a time when the project needed to be taken a bit more seriously...

Well it was more of a gentleman's agreement (I seem to remember signing a nondisclosure agreement though.) I just didn't see how they were going to build what they said they were going to do. I knew the CAC folks like Cynthia also (I may have even referred her to Harry) and knew that although she could spruce up the marketing, she was also closely tied to the status quo at NASA - that worried me that they would be undermined by the JSC cabal that had ensured the elimination of other local commercial space companies over the years.