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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Robert Seeberger
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> When it comes down to it both Space and Supersonic Transport are energy
> problems. If energy were 10 times more abundant and available, and were 10
> times cheaper, a lot of the problems would disappear. But rockets and jets
> are not going to get 10 times more powerful anytime soon.
Actually, the civilian SST project NASA was working on was cancelled for
environmental reasons, largely. No one has been able to figure out how to
build such an aircraft in a way that wouldn't seriously deplete ozone in the
upper atmosphere. A friend of mine was developing the software for its
flight control system; he always knew that funding was shakey, but he and a
lot of others were quite surprised by the final blow.
Nick
