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"J. Clarke" wrote:


Good. This is what those losers at NASA should have been doing in the
'70s instead of wasting huge amounts trying to "save" manned
spaceflight. Thank the Powers That Be that the Air Force has finally
been unleashed again.


Yeah, because there are no cuts to the USAF budget in the offing....

But if you look at what the Air Force wants to spend on this, it isn't
much. From the article ( http://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-to-
demo-air-force-reusable-booster-system-38735/ ):

The value of the first task order is $2 million, with a
contract ordering value of up to $250 million over the
five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract
period.

What's a quarter of a billion over five years to the Air Force?

Jeff
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" Ares 1 is a prime example of the fact that NASA just can't get it
up anymore... and when they can, it doesn't stay up long. "
- tinker