Last night, breaking news from KWTV News 9: Oklahoma City-based aerospace start-up Rocketplane, the beneficiary of 18 millions dollars in special state tax credits under a now-closed state tax code loophole, has fled the state getting no closer to low orbit than Al Eschbach in a pickup game of basketball.
According to KWTV's Rusty Surrette -- the only Oklahoma City news reporter named after disposed medical waste -- "NEWS 9 has also learned that Rocketplane officials have been in touch with lawmakers in Hawaii and have expressed interest in working with the state on a plan for space tourism. "