Randall Clague wrote:
> We flubbed this one:
>
> >Phase 3 - The vehicle must demonstrate the ability to travel
> >between two points at least 3,000 kilometers apart in less
> >than 20 minutes, a trip only attainable by rocket.
>
> A rocket that was designed and built for exactly this mission *might*
> make 3000 km in 20 minutes, with seconds to spare. The ballistic
> flight to go 3000 km is very close to 15 minutes, and allowing only
> five minutes for boost and reentry *combined* just doesn't give enough
> time to get out of the atmosphere and back in. We need to change this
> to 3000 km in 30 minutes.
Hmmm ... good point. We should have done more than BOTE estimates. Ok
- it's been updated.
Michael
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