As a pilot who has flown around Roswell, it’s a good pick for safety reasons. Assuming it would be SW of the city, there is lots of room to land in an engine out situation. And not to worry about space ships, most have already crashed.
The actual leaders (plural) of aircraft design are the students of Aircraft Design at Kansas University "Jayhawks" who have earned over 100 AIAA Design Awards over the past couple of decades. Look at them!
Burt, right there with Tesla, Edison , Franklin, Wright Brothers, Elon , Magnificence abounds in Burt's Talent, insights and imagination......Thank You BURT !!!
Burt Rutan, what an amazing intellectual talent in aviation. Too bad he's not 20yrs younger, he would make a great thought partner to the Elon Musk flying/space innovation group. Imagine what else that team could create.