World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[No Fear No Greed]

AeroEngr84, I appreciate your input. Do you work at Wallops Island yourself? Or maybe you prefer not to say, which is fine. The botom line is, as someone with experience in stratospheric payloads, I'm interested in what you have to say.

Based on your comments, I think we are in agreement that the previous design ("Vern's ship") was likely fatally flawed. It appears that you also agree with their recent decisions to move from Dacron to Tedlar, and from aluminum to composites. Were you aware that the ex-NASA engineers only came on board last month, shortly before those design changes were made? I think this is consistent with the theory that perhaps, as you suggest, they HAD no clue about the demands of stratospheric flight BEFORE the arrival of this new batch of engineers. But given that those changes are now being made, coincidentally with the hiring of these guys, and at the expense of missing their schedule, can you concede that they might NOW have a clue?

It seems to me that the new guys are more than window dressing - they may be saving the project from potential disaster. Better late than never... do you agree?