OK! OK!...I pulled a fast one on you:
pretending to be naive.

Actually I know that Steve Fossett's next challenge is 60,000 feet in a
sailplane/glider.
But...what then?
What happens when he achieves that feat, too?
You know what? I think it's almost obvious, knowing human nature: He has to set his sights on...space.
Yea! Steve Fosset could easily pay 10-20 million bucks to fly onboard a Soyuz to the ISS; joining the likes of Lance Bass and Cindy Cawford, no doubt.

But wouldn't Mr. Fossett obtain more satisfaction....much more satisfaction if he teamed up with somebody with the engineering skills [hiya, Tom Brosz!!] to have an X-PRIZE entry
designed & built that cannot not only carry Steve to an altitude arbitrarily
designated space [over 100km internationally, 80km in the USA] but higher...much higher..perhaps 200...300...maybe 400 kilometers [250 miles] up, instead.
Somebody have Steve Fosssett's telephone number or e-mail address?

Jacob