"Paul F. Dietz" wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
:
: I remember original Shuttle promises of prices in the range of $100/lb
: to orbit. Then they started compromising.
:
:Even without compromises it wouldn't have reached $100/lb, or anywhere
:close to that. The whole idea was just junk, which is why NASA is not
:being tasked with developing a replacement.

Oh, I don't think it would have, either. That is what was being
promised, though, and it would have come a lot closer if they hadn't
knowingly opted for a design that required huge maintenance and
operating costs in order to try to keep the initial capital costs
down.

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