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In article <1993Jan8.153047.26686@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
>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.

I think we need to be a bit more specific about *which* LEO we are
talking about. As Wales points out from time to time, capacity to
LEO is considerably different between 100 nm and 150 nm for the 
same vehicle. Has MacDD said what they *mean* by LEO?

Gary

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