  England are through to the Euro 2004 quarter finals after beating Croatia 4-2 last night! Congratulations to the urlLink Scaled Composites Tier One team on their space flight. Quite an achievement really considering the budget. The BBC's live webcast was definitely worth watching. I was surprised that for such an important mission the pilot's attitude was so frivolous - letting M&Ms float around the cabin in zero-g. What if one had got stuck in an important flight control?
It reminded me of the attitude of the American air-traffic controllers when I hired a Cessna in Florida a few years ago. Compared with the draconian precision and pedantry of British ATC it seemed very lax. Maybe things are different now in the wake of 9-11. 
