Quote:Stick some sort of engines on the back of it (maybe ion drives, like the Epsilon Blade has), and you're halfway to something that can fly once 'waved. This means it was an (un)official NASA project, though, since whoever did it would need free access to Pathfinder.
Technical note: Pathfinder is even less of a shuttle than Pegasus, if such a thing is possible. Pathfinder is basically a full-scale diecast toy of a Shuttle. I don't really see the wave managing to do much to it. Maybe you could get it to fly, but I doubt it.
Quote:"Damn it, Mal, I already bought the name from NASA, two years ago! But I'm a reasonable man, and you're my little girl's boss, so I'll let you have it - if you agree to give me free access to the Soviet Air Force's still images. When I bought NASA's unclassified intellectual assets, I got the Astronomy Picture of the Day website, and I need content, damn it..."
"Noah, you're a good man and a good friend. But you have to understand something. You may be the richest bastard in Fenspace, but I'm the *biggest* bastard. If you insist on buying Columbia, I'll fight you for her. And I'll *win.*" --MGen Mal Fnord, regarding the lulzworthy Great Shuttle Bid War of 2014.
-Rob Kelk
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- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012