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Toy Planes

page06__panel01—01 Launch in 10... 9... 8... page06__panel01—02 7... 6... page06__panel01—03 “It was the cheapest way to orbit: Balloon up as high as you could on a triangular platform, then light the rocketplane and head for orbit. page06__panel01—04 We scavenged everything from companies about to go out of business. page06__panel01—05 Plane was from a Chinese corporation. Guidance systems are all open source.
page06__panel02—01 5... 4... page06__panel02—02 Online betting parlors have our odds at fifty percent. page06__panel02—03 We're not the first to try this, but we're the first island nation.”
page06__panel03—01 3... 2... 1... page06__panel03—02 ...Launch!
page06__panel04—01 Hello out there, all of you. We're coming up too.