I'll bet that NASA spends more maintaining the mothballed shuttle
fleet than Rutan spent on the entire Spaceship One effort.

I went to the state fair last weekend (I share the planet with these
people???) and saw where a monster truck company converts their old monster
trucks into fair rides; for $5 a head they pile people into an old monster
truck and drive them around for about a minute.

I think NASA could adopt this highly profitable business practice. Put a
dozen people or so at a time in an old shuttle and get some guys to shake
the wings and make spaceship noises.