On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 03:39:53 -0600, John Carmack
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>Our two other "passengers" are oriented the opposite way, which would
>probably hurt on landing, but it is still within the guidelines supported
>by research, and the vehicle will never fly with real people there. This
>is somewhat going against the spirit of the X-Prize rules, but it should
>still qualify.
The Rules Committee has always been pretty clear about that. You need
to be able to put three people in the vehicle, and it must fly with at
least one. It's a fudge, but probably (as below) a necessary one.
>AST has made it clear that they will frown on any launch
>application that intends to actually fly three people for the X-Prize.
Really. Did they say why?
I'll hazard a guess that it's too close to flying passengers, for
which they have no rules as yet. I can't say I care for it, though.
That restriction would seem to me to exceed their mandate for public
safety, and conflict with their mandate to promote commercial space
development.
-R
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"You haven't been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
-- Paul Crickmore
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