On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:52:25 +0200, in a place far, far away,
"Ultimate Buu" made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

The definition of success shouldn't be judged by whether it flew or not.

??!

So, the prettiest view graph wins?

You should go work for NASA--you'll fit right in.

he
DC-X and Roton were prototypes which had very limited capabillities (the
DC-X couldn't even rise above the clouds and the Roton was barely a mockup).
The X-33 was supposed to go (sub) orbital on its maiden flight and perform
in a way similar to the Shuttle, but without any booster rockets or external
fuel tanks. That's pretty impressive!

Things are only impressive if they actually achieve their goals. It's
easy to say you're going to do something impressive, but wise people
are only impressed when it actually occurs.

I was mainly impressed by their salesmanship (thought, they knew their
gullible customer pretty well, apparently).

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