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- From: chris@valley.jpl.nasa.gov (Christopher Demke - FSE Sun SFValley - 818-905-0200)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: National Space Plane
- Date: 17 Aug 1992 20:14:51 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- References: <1992Aug14.021411.10148@nntp.uoregon.edu> <BszqoD.E6o@zoo.toronto.edu>
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- In article <BszqoD.E6o@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug14.021411.10148@nntp.uoregon.edu> ggiles@cie.uoregon.edu (Gregg Giles) writes:
- >> Assuming all goes well, the National Space Plane (NSP) should replace the
- >>current shuttles (Columbia class). How is the progress of these craft coming
- >>along? ...
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- >In a word, it's not. Even the X-30 -- which is planned to be strictly a
- >research aircraft, not a replacement for anything -- is stuck in "technology
- >development" stage because Congress so far is unwilling to fund building
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- What is the expected payload capacity of the X-30 (if it ever gets
- built)? I was under the impression that it is far less than a Space
- Shuttle. I think our best bet is with the DC-X, DC-Y, etc. Hopefully
- McDonnell/Douglas can keep their head above water long enough to finish
- the project...
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- Chris Demke
- Sun Microsystems
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