On Sunday 02 February 2003 12:48 am, J. Greenlees wrote:
> Leon Brooks wrote:
>> That'll knacker NASA for a while too, but maybe they'll try more
>> imaginative launch vehicles now.
> maybe they'll get rid of legacy tech and go state of the art in design?
> naw, NASA turned that down when starting the shuttle program, couldn't
> wait for a design that would be able to use any international airport.
> they won't change the attitude now, not after investing 30 years into
> the things
Perhaps Europe/Japan/Russia will take note, although the latter needs money
badly to survive. Australia hasn't the financial resources to do anything
significant, one would think, but we could afford this if we wanted to:
http://www.highliftsystems.com/
Cheers; Leon
