"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Derek Lyons wrote:

ROTFL. I *love* how everytime someone points out the low performance
of the SS1 as compared to the X-15, or how it only spends a couple of
minutes in 'space' as compared to the Russian 'tourist' flights....
Someone else always parrots the 'its cheaper though! and privately
built! and carries people!" as though that changes things.


It's good at what it's intended to do; but the thing's overall impact on
spaceflight is going to be about as important as the GeeBee racer's
impact on fighter design.

Pat

Interesting. I don't know about the specific impact of the
GeeBee racer, but it was my understanding that racer design
and development did have an impact on fighter design.

Mike Walsh