On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:15:22 -0700 (PDT), Adrian Tymes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Personally, I'd rather not stage at all. But that's >another argument, and academic until one has at least >an X Prize class vehicle (whether or not one actually >goes for the X Prize) that could in theory be staged >to get a better operational range. Well, if you really want to get to orbit, you're going to have to stage. I'm nearly convinced that SSTO is possible. But ERPS doesn't have the financial resources to do SSTO as a volunteer organization, and if you try to do it as a for-profit, the business case will make you stage. >Wouldn't it be cheaper, and about as effective at >testing that, just to drop it from an airplane at 10k >feet? Better yet, from a helicopter. Then put it on a rocket. The separation and hazmat issues make me think that carrying POGO in, and then throwing it out of, a manned airplane is not a good idea. -R -- Son: Dad, I have a question about women. Suppose I Dagwood: Apologize anyway. Son: Yeah, that's about what I figured Dagwood: It saves time _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
