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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: DC-1 eventual construction question...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.020909.11819@iti.org>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 02:09:09 GMT
- Article-I.D.: iti.1993Jan27.020909.11819
- References: <1993Jan21.141726.1@max.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan26.024338.10181@iti.org> <ewright.728027076@convex.convex.com>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
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- In article <ewright.728027076@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
-
- >>If Uncle Sam doesn't pay for the initial development of the Y vehicle
- >>(and possibly DC1) it won't happen. Period.
-
- >That is by no means certain.
-
- For the forssable future, I think it is.
-
- >Lockheed was ready to proceed with an
- >SSTO using its own money, if the government was willing to get out
- >of the way.
-
- What do you mean by out of the way?
-
- >Grumman was prepared to go ahead with the development
- >of a smaller, commercial SSTO (Frequent Flyer) using its own funds,
- >if SDIO had selected its proposal for the suborbital demonstration
-
- That is news to me. Grumman was not one of the Phase I contractors.
-
- >Boeing is prepared to go ahead with an SSTO project, if it
- >can be shown what the markets are.
-
- Sure. The operative words are 'if it can be shown what the markets are'.
- They won't settle for expected space tourism or other applications which
- may or may not happen.
-
- >>One DC-1 would be enough for almost all of the current launch market.
-
- >That's because you're looking at the wrong market.
-
- I am looking at the existing launch market. There are no others.
-
- >Any vehicle that
- >can reach orbit, single-staged, can reach Japan or Tokyo as well. There
- >is a market for fast transportation, for people as well as cargo. Beyond
- >that, space tourism is a major market -- much more so than the satellite
- >launch market, according to G. Harry Stine.
-
- I agree. The problem is that this cannot be proven to the degree needed
- to justify the opportunity cost of funding development. If you don't
- agree, show us your buisness plan.
-
- Allen
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