re why not give billion to first year lo in article f zoo toronto edu henry zoo toronto edu henry spencer writes 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 this all sounds like that indecent proposal movie wouldn t there be a lot of people that would try this with little hope of working just to get the dough if you have a chance and it costs you mil then you might pay some stooge a few grand to be your lucky hero just send up a few dozen and is bound to survive enough to make you rich dong
