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I know the Starliner is not on the schedule for 2018, but have you given any early thoughts about what the development of the Starlifter might mean for the look and feel of the Starliner?

Paul JonesShip Concept Art Director

I mean, we've given it fleeting thoughts. Obviously, it'll turn up on the horizon at some point. And I guess it'll just be a natural sort of progression. Basically, we'll take what was done in those early days and we'll probably just do a little bit of a nip and a tuck. It'll just be a slight altering of some of the lines and just bringing it a little closer to what's been done on the Starlifter. And they're not a million miles away, so I'm not too worried. They are quite different craft. So I would expect they're not going to be a one-for-one, but it's like a family, isn't it? Basically, not everybody looks the same, but there is a resemblance that runs through the family. And we'll just be feeding that into it when we get onto it.