On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:22:25 -0500, Emily
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:49:49 +0200, Mxsmanic
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Larry Dighera writes:

My viewpoint is based on the future path NASA and the FAA have
outlined he
NASA and the FAA don't make policy, they follow it. Without a public
interest in what they propose, it won't happen.

Show me a member of the flying "public" that is not interested in
avoiding the tiring drive on congested highways to the international
airport.

Well, me, for one. I live closer and a shorter trip to one of those
international airports than any other airport.

Now, if I could get on another plane at a longer airport without being
searched and harassed, we might talk. But it would have to justify the
hour drive.


But, if the nearby large airport you currently use were to pose too
large an environmental issue at some time in the (distant?) future
(due to scramjet operations, or noise, or other concerns), it might be
replaced with an airport located on isolated land out in the rural
wilderness away from the complaints of nearby residents. Then SATS
would provide you with transport to and from the new international
airport.

In the case of the municipality with a smaller GA airport, SATS would
immediately provide access to the a more distant international
airport, saving the passengers from the tiring drive on congested
highways. SATS makes the airline hub-and-spoke system more workable.
At least, that's the way I understand it.