was that scarier than spaceshipone? not as scary the vehicle itself. 200 miles an hour is faster than any. >> the fastest you had been on the runway. >> right. i was curious that it took a wheel to get my attention. >> what i want to start with, because we all ten years ago remember first of all many of us never thought of the x prize would be one because their were so many different competitors, and all of a sudden with a couple of months to go, you guys fly spaceshipone into space, and do it again but have to do it twice within two weeks. it looked really dicey to us on the ground. you had to go finish the job , fly it and do it again within two weeks to get that $10 million i'm sorry x prize. tell us us about that. there was a lot of pressure. richard branson your employer and you had to make it happen. >> you know, what i want to talk about -- and i will get back to that but walt's comment about cell phones i am not a cell phone kind of guy either until one day i was i was out flying a plane. the only requirement to

was that scarier than spaceshipone?aceshipone really was not that scary. 200 miles an hour is faster than any of the designs. it's curious that it took an automobile to get my attention on the runway. >> i want to start with brian because many of us never thought the x prize was going to get one because there were so many different competitors and all the sudden, with a couple of months to go, you guys fly spaceshipone into space but then you have to do it twice within two weeks. mike fluid on the first leg of the prize and it looked really dicey to us. then, you had to go up and finish the job and fly it again within two weeks. talk about that a little bit. richard branson was there, you had to make it happen. >> what i want to talk about -- i will get back to that but the comment about cell phones, i am not a cell phone kind of guy until one day i was out flying a plane. the only requirement to fly spaceshipone was to have a commercial gliders rating. if you start to think about it, it's a pretty low bar, flying was.

. >> patient -- spaceshipone, that was pressure. >> i had not found the vehicle -- loan the vehicle and 10 months. my flight the second x2 flight would be on a monday morning. the night before sunday night was the first airing of the discovery channel plus program called the black sky and there was two parts to that. the first part was the race to space which was focused mainly on all the effort it took to get the first fight back in june. that was being played out on national tv and when it broke between segments instead of going to commercial, the reporter -- he would interview birds and say the first question was who is the pilot tomorrow? and he would answer that question so miles pushed further and said how do you think it is going to go? i do not know if you know bert but if you have an audience, a crowd, he knows how to work it and now he has got the world stage at his hand. his response and i am at home pacing up and down listening to this. bert's response is not only are we going to head a home run we're going to hit a grand slam. that was the quote. as though the bar was not h

he flew spaceshipone 10 years ago. spaceshiptwo, richard branson is working on. this guy, i've got a ticket on spaceshiptwo. he was going to fly me. he has gone to xcorp now. i want a warm welcome for brian binnie. this guy has the right stuff. [applause] >> thank you. i'm in the private side. i don't take your tax money. we do business our way. i'm working on our fourth spaceship. i have pictures of my private career post military, available with a business card at the back. it has been 10 years now since the x-prize flights. coming up on 11 years. i have written -- is c-span running? get this on screen. i have written a book about the experiences of the program. there were a lot of blogs they came out at the time that told pieces but the fun stuff is in here. i kept thinking if i could just find myself in a city that has some expertise in books, publishing, editing, managing, and i could find myself in a group, a crowd of people that might actually enjoy reading what it is like to explore a brand-new private spaceship, then i thought here is an opportunity. wit