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In article <70y1pmf@rpi.edu> kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes:

>>I don't doubt that much cheaper expendables CAN be build (Zenith Star
>>launchers for example cut costs in half). I simply don't believe that the US
>>government can build them.

>Then why do you propose that the U. S. government build Delta Clipper?

I don't. 

I do propose that government build the DC-Y which is a research vehicle
and not an operational vehicle. I believe that the operational Delta
Clipper should be build with private funds.

Even here you will note that great care is going to find the agency to
build DC-Y. Using conventional procurement practices nither NASA nor
DoD could build DC-Y. However, SDIO and a few sections within DoD
are open enough to execute the program.

   Allen
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