Re: Delta Clipper

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From: Allen W. Sherzer
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 15:30

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In article <cfHN0fO00WCqA8a2NW@andrew.cmu.edu> dm3e+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Allen Markley) writes:

>Does anyone have the design goals for the Delta Clipper program?
>Specifically I'd like to know what performance they hope to acheive and
>by when.

the DC-Y goals are 20,000 pounds to LEO (10K to polar) with an operational
cost of $1 to %10 million per flight and one week turnaround of the
vehicle (three days in an emergency). In addition, there is a crossrange
requirement for a single orbit mission and some delta-V on orbit.

  Allen

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From: aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
Subject: Re: Delta Clipper
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