Re: SSTO vs 2 stage

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From: Edward V. Wright
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:51

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In <1992Dec30.180058.28938@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes:

>The mass ratio on an airliner is much less than in a launcher with
>chemical rocket propulsion, for rather fundamental reasons.  It is
>therefore not inconceivable that multistage launchers would be
>appropriate even though multistage aircraft are not.

I didn't ask if you could say "It is not inconceivable."  I asked
if you could prove it.

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