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According to XCOR, the Lynx will fly four or more times a day

Looking at news reports, this pig is never going to fly at all. I suggest we accept the reality of the situation and tone down the space cadet "build the rocket in the shed" enthusiasm a notch or two. For over a decade, this lot have been going to fly "Real Soon Now", all the while happily taking in deposits from eager space tourists with stars in their eyes and wallets full of empty.

The record is full of delays and setbacks, the senior officers have left the company, the next step is bankruptcy, and the half-built prototype will make its short and piecemeal parabolic flight into the dumpster. --Pete (talk) 13:58, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Which news reports? Per WP:CRYSTAL, we don't generally report on something until it's actually happened. Once they've filed for bankruptcy, then we can report it. As to toning down the enthusiasm, please be more specific.about what statements need to be toned down. I didn't see anything obvious on a brief read-through. - BilCat (talk) 21:30, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You seem long on predictions and opinions. Please post some reliable sources that support these theories and we'll gladly update the article to reflect that. Otherwise talk pages are WP:NOTFORUM. - Ahunt (talk) 21:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments BilCat and Ahunt. Let me restate my point. According to news reports, this pig will never fly. Time to tone down the space cadet talk of details of prototypes and plans, don't you think? --Pete (talk) 22:01, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's dead. What difference does it make now? BilCat (talk) 22:16, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We don't need to give details in our encyclopaedia about a project that never got off the ground. The interesting part is not the paper plane but that so many fell for what was a con job. Any of those who forked over a hundred thousand dollarbucks ever get their money back? --Pete (talk) 22:27, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The level of detail we have now seems fine to me. It is all "unrealized plans", but the past tense shows that. If nothing else this is a cautionary tale for future projects (and potential investors) and the level of detail shows that. We have many articles on failed aerospace projects, because lots of them fail. If you think more can be added on where the money went, that would be great to sort of close out the story, but we need some refs that say what happened in that regard. - Ahunt (talk) 22:37, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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