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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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