[saganite]

Looks like Burt decided he needed the big boys clout and money to help get his project up and running That surprises me. He's always been independent but I guess he needed their resources.

[DB]

That or they made an offer he couldn’t refuse.

[adorno]

Northrop Grumman Corp. has agreed to buy the company that built the first private manned rocket to reach space, it was announced Friday.

What!!!!

What about that Virgin Atlantic guy? What's he gonna do now? What of all those prospective space tourists? How are they going to reach the fringes of space with Burt having sold out for the money?

Hey, perhaps they can now invest their 20+ thousand dollars in the stock market now and end up even richer? Then they can all purchase a $20 million trip to the space station via Russia?

[BallyBill]

Reminds me of Microsoft always buying out the companies with good ideas, but unable to turn down the cash.

Hope this is a win win deal.

[rickdylan]

You’re likely talking about going to Mars; Ma and Pa can’t do that on their own...

[biff]

Yeah, well Burt sold out once before to the big guys and that marriage did not last. The Beech/Starship deal was a disaster when the big corp. designers got their hands on it.
Burt will get fed up with this deal too as he is not a corporate guy.

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[KevinDavis]

[kjam22]

So much for private space travel. Northrup Grumman depends on government contracts to survive.