As the wind increased to 116 mph, locals told me there hadn’t been such a combination of high winds, rain and freezing temperatures in Mojave for over thirty years. I was worried the spaceship would disappear into the desert along with the tent, or at least be badly damaged, but the team got six buses and RVs to surround SpaceShipTwo, and then we very slowly edged it toward the hangar. Remarkably, the team managed to get her back indoors unscathed, and everyone was OK. I turned to the flushed, astonished faces on the bus. “If there was ever an example of how something can pick up your dreams
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