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- From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle replacement
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.180131.28863@iti.org>
- Organization: Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
- References: <s#s1_2@rpi.edu> <BxsG4q.Hq8@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:01:31 GMT
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- In article <BxsG4q.Hq8@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> myempire@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Matt J. Martin) writes:
-
- > What about the SSTO DC-Y? [as shuttle replacement]
-
- A set of Delta Clipper vehicles can do most of what a Shuttle does. It
- can launch and retrieve payloads weighing less than 20K pounds but that is
- only half the Shuttle payload. A Clipper stationed at SSF could work as an
- OTV.
-
- >And a lot cheapter to boot.
-
- At $1 to $10 million per flight it will be a lot cheaper. Just the
- expendable for a HL20 will be over ten times this amount.
-
- This BTW is a source of trouble for SSTO. The people working on HL-20
- have twice worked on efforts to kill the SSTO program. So far we have
- been able to fight back these efforts. If you want to help with the
- effort to convince Congress to fund development of a SSTO prototype,
- let me know.
-
- Allen
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