no, i promise you i'm definately a geek (EE major)... i liked the idea of floating ballons up instead of an elevator, its much cheaper (you still need a rocket for the last bit, but a floating platform and supply line could be as much as 10-25 times less expensive than our current system)
I also think they still havent gotten c60 (carbon nanotubes) to grow long enough for an elevator yet... people have been talking about that thing for about 20 years now i think
Spaceshipone is truly cool, and a huge step foward
And as much distrust as i have for microsoft, paul allen has really given a lot of money to worthy causes
(25mill to scaled composited for SS1 and whiteknight)