When I wrote the author comment to the original 30 Days entry, where I noted that Drake "wanted to be able to send into space whatever payload he desired, completely off the radar from any Western governments", I was also very tempted to add something along the lines of:
Drake: "What do you mean, I can't have my very own death ray in orbit!?"
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Drake: "What do you mean, I can't have my very own death ray in orbit!?"