Not that watching Raven at work was all that reassuring. Oh sure, I’ve flown on planes piloted by riggers—everyone who’s ever hopped a commercial suborbital, semiballistic, or HSCT has—but that doesn’t mean I’ve been on the flight deck to watch them at it. And now I’m glad I wasn’t. I tell you there’s something disturbing, something just fragging wrong about watching the pilot—the person who’s got your life in her hands jack into the control board of the plane and then promptly fall asleep!