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![]() "Pete" wrote in message ... "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote "John T" wrote in message ws.com... What non-government entity has reached outer space (sub-orbital or not)? None, but that's irrelevant. That *is* the relevant point. No, that's not the relevant point, this is: Sure, it's been done before. It's been done before. It won't be a first. |
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![]() "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ink.net... "Pete" wrote in message "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote "John T" wrote in message What non-government entity has reached outer space (sub-orbital or not)? This one: http://www.orbital.com/SpaceLaunch/ or did you mean manned? None, but that's irrelevant. That *is* the relevant point. No, that's not the relevant point, this is: Sorry, but I have to go with Pete here, the relevent point is that it is being done by a small private corporation...and they are making it look easy! Vaughn |
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![]() "Vaughn" wrote in message news ![]() Sorry, but I have to go with Pete here, the relevent point is that it is being done by a small private corporation...and they are making it look easy! What is significant about a private corporation duplicating a feat that a government agency accomplished decades earlier? |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: What is significant about a private corporation duplicating a feat that a government agency accomplished decades earlier? ....for a tiny fraction of the cost, and having the ability to repeat the feat in less than two weeks (which the government program didn't manage). -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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![]() "Chad Irby" wrote in message om... ...for a tiny fraction of the cost, and having the ability to repeat the feat in less than two weeks (which the government program didn't manage). So what's significant about it? |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message om... ...for a tiny fraction of the cost, and having the ability to repeat the feat in less than two weeks (which the government program didn't manage). So what's significant about it? If I have to explain to you the significance of the tech behind a reusable spaceplane, then why have you even bothered posting to this thread to begin with? -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations. Slam on brakes accordingly. |
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![]() "Chad Irby" wrote in message .com... If I have to explain to you the significance of the tech behind a reusable spaceplane, then why have you even bothered posting to this thread to begin with? Why are you dodging the question? |
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Chad Irby writes: In article .net, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "Chad Irby" wrote in message om... ...for a tiny fraction of the cost, and having the ability to repeat the feat in less than two weeks (which the government program didn't manage). So what's significant about it? If I have to explain to you the significance of the tech behind a reusable spaceplane, then why have you even bothered posting to this thread to begin with? There ain't a whole lot of tech, there, Chad - Burt's taking a very low-speed approach, (Rather Grand Fenwickian, in fact) with a low thrust, long burning rocket motor, and a fairly lightweight, high drag reentry vehicle. Peak speeds are around Mach 2 on ascent, and somewhere around Mach 1.9 on the re-entry. There's nothing particularly exotic about those speeds. Heating is low - around 100 Deg C, and an Aluminum or Composite airframe can deal with those temperatures and dynamic pressures without a whole lot of trickery. He's also designed a self-stabilizing shape, (In some ways not too different from the behavior of a badminton birdie) that doesn't need sophisticated systems, such as adaptive flight control systems or reaction controls, to set and hold its attitude. While it's a good design, it's not significant in advancing technology. It also can't be expanded much beyond the X-Prize requirements. You aren't going to see an orbital Spaceship !, or a Semi-Ballistic Spaceship 1 Hypersonic Transport. It's a very clever design very highly optimized to do only one thing - meet teh X-Prize requirements. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 01:26:06 +0000, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Vaughn" wrote in message news ![]() Sorry, but I have to go with Pete here, the relevent point is that it is being done by a small private corporation...and they are making it look easy! What is significant about a private corporation duplicating a feat that a government agency accomplished decades earlier? Can't believe you guys are feeding this troll. The answer is obvious and been stated many times already. He's trolling. Period. |
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![]() "Greg Copeland" wrote in message news ![]() Can't believe you guys are feeding this troll. The answer is obvious and been stated many times already. Well, since nobody has provided an answer it's obviously far from obvious. |
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