On 21 Jul 2003 13:53:01 -0400, in a place far, far away, jeff findley
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

"Ultimate Buu" writes:
I was wondering: when will they figure out that SSTO is the only way forward
and that they need to revive the X-33 program, or start a new program based
on experience gained there.

First of all, SSTO is not "the only way forward".

Second, X-33 was a failure on the day that NASA chose the contractor
(and design). They chose the most technically challenging of the
three proposals.

They also chose a contractor with little incentive to make it a
success. Just the opposite, in fact.

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