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In article <9001121009.AA01853@zit.cigy.>, bpistr@cgch.UUCP writes:
>>Organization: Ciba Geigy ZIT (Central Engineering) Basel, Switzerland
> 
> The following was extracted from the Byte Information Exchange in the
> 'space' topic.  The author is one of the reigning space technology
> gurus in that conference.  I thought it might be of interest to readers
> of this list, so I'm passing it along...
> 
> Apparently this vehicle (SSX) has been approved for concept validation
> studies by SDIO (the "Star Wars" people), as a cheaper possiblity for
> access to space.  (God knows we need one!).
> US Vice President Dan Quayle, who seems to be the administration's point
> man for space, has made some supportive comments about the need for lower
> cost access to space, etc., so far without referring to this project by
> name, anyway.
> 
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> ==========
> space/long.messages #750, from hvanderbilt, 13708 chars, Fri Jan 12 02:24:37 1990
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>                       Space Ship Experimental 
>  
>                           The Case For SSX 
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>  

Is this for real?  I don't mean the concept, I mean the statement about 
Star Wars Concept Validation.

This article is almost a direct steal from the Gary Hudson/Project Phoenix
literature.  the points, concept,presentation layout, and a lot of the 
phraseology(sp?) are identical. 

The government wants 1 billion to do this?  Gary Hudson says that he needs
only 25 million to get a prototype in flight. (Or is that 25 million more than
he has now?)  In any case if the government gets going on this, what will
he do, consult with them on the project?

What I would like to find out is : Who is the brilliant guy that stole his
literature, and is passing it off as a new SSX?

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