I thought this sounded pretty cool, until I read the following:

"The key to Rutan's design is a craft, which on its return to earth turns from a beautiful sleek space plane into a 'shuttlecock' - to gently drift back through the atmosphere without overheating. It then metamorphoses once again into a conventional aircraft shape ready for landing." - I don't ride in shuttle cocks

"Burt has utilised a much safer fuel than ever before - nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and rubber." - if i chew a rubber band and inhale laughing gas, can I too fly to outer space. sounds absurd.