re why not give billion to first year long moon residents in article apr iti org aws iti org allen w sherzer writes this prize isn t big enough to warrent developing a ssto but it is enough to do it if the vehicle exists actually there are people who will tell you that it would be enough to do ssto development if done privately as a cut rate operation of course they may be over optimistic you can also assume that a working ssto would have other applications that would help pay for its development costs i d be inclined to make the prize somewhat larger but g might be enough all work is one man s work henry spencer u of toronto zoology kipling henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
