The governor tore his eyes away from the wallscreen. “They don’t look greedy from here. They look like idiots.”
The Attorney General jerked his hand in a brush-off that wanted to be a smack-down of someone’s face. “I’m not talking about the rockets. Forget the rockets. I’m talking about the money!”
The governor blinked at him in confusion. “The money? What about the money?”
“They stole it!” The Attorney General jerked back in his seat and glared at the governor. “When we first contacted SpaceR, they promised they’d authorize the transfer of the four billion within forty-eight hours, but then they appointed the new CEO. He transferred the money to Goldman Sachs, claiming it would be easier for them to convert such large investments into cash. He explained he didn’t want us to suffer any
