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In article <1993Jan27.020909.11819@iti.org>, aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
> In article <ewright.728027076@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
> 
>>Boeing is prepared to go ahead with an SSTO project, if it
>>can be shown what the markets are.  
> 
> Sure. The operative words are 'if it can be shown what the markets are'.
> They won't settle for expected space tourism or other applications which
> may or may not happen.

As far as I know, boeing doesn't really care WHAT you do with one of their
planes once you buy it (as long as you stay within the operational parameters).

To this end, "what the markets are" really means people lined up cash in hand
to buy one or two of these things.  

Boeing does study the airplane market, and it hurts when an airline goes under,
but they are not in the operations business.  This means that someone somewhere
needs to make an order for one or two of these birds.  Those are the people
that need to know "what the markets are".

This seems to be true of all of the people who are "willing" to build an SSTO.

My question is more on the order of "how do we convince the manufacturers that
they will be able to sell these things?"  Including the possibility that 
somehow WE as a group step up, and place an order.

		John.