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Article #7536Re: Saving an overweight SSTO....
From: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:27
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:27
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In article <1993Jan11.075346.12742@bby.com.au>, gnb@baby.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond) writes:
> Suppose DC-X works more-or-less as planned, and they go ahead and
> attempt to build a DC-Y/DC-1. And suppose the pollyannas are right
> and it bloats and the dry mass goes up. ^^^^^^^^^^
Cassandras?
> There are a couple of scenarios here:
[...]
> 3) The mass overrun is much larger than that. At this point, the
> project is lost; however I suspect that (given the findings of the
> various reports into the general feasability) this is much less likely
> than the previous cases.
>
> And in any case, you know a lot more than when you started, and you
> can do it right next time!
If DC-Y flops, there won't BE a next time for SSTO. Not before our
teeth fall out.
What a Pollyanna. (-:
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