Flights of the Space Plane are so routine that they barely resonate in the public imagination.  Complacency has driven shares of Technocult, a mutual fund based on the stock of difficult technology companies, to new lows.  To boost share price and their own bonuses, Technocult executives connive to have a child pilot the next flight as a publicity stunt, and in the process unearth deeply buried information of a design flaw that could cause the plane to explode.  Once the plan is in motion, can they—or will they—stop it?  How deep is their faith in technology, this time?