soaring into the future

At 14:24 27 December 2007, John Galloway wrote:

It has always puzzled me why someone in the US hasn't
already approached Mike Grove at Skylaunch with a view
to building Skylaunches under licence instead of trying
to re-invent the winches that Skylaunch has eclipsed.
That way you would have a thoroughly proven system,
be able to source GM marine V8s and transmission units
locally, and not have to transport heavy mechanical
assemblies across the Atlantic at all.

I've heard that Skylaunch don't want to know as they
realise that the first time some numpty in America
spins off one of their winches (or winch designs) they're
liable to get their ass sued to the ends of the earth
by an ambulance chasing lawyer.