Welcome aboard Armand!
Actually, that's better news than I hoped for! I'm afraid I went looking
for the Rotary Rocket Company yesterday to provide the link, and found
they'd shut down. I couldn't find any information on what happened to
the test vehicle.
It's great that Scaled Composites took it over! Burt Rutan seems to
really know what he's doing!
The Roton is just too good an idea to be put away. The problem
with the DCX is you've got to save a LOT of fuel in order to land it
on it's tail. I'd be worried about the rotor blades of the Roton on
re-entry, but coming down by helicopter makes a lot of sence.
The air is there, so why not use it to land?
Anyway, I hope that the Roton will be revived when the economy
gets back on track and we can afford to go at it again. Certainly
by 2066, I expect to see Roton flying!
