In sci.space.history jonathan wrote:

[Stuff about making "Crossbow" a reality deleted]

Problems that were mostly solved by the time it was cancelled. Even
NASA and Lockheed stated the fuel tank was the "last hurdle". An
eight million dollar hurdle??? Not much of a hurdle when we're
talking about an important step for a future shuttle replacement.

Any entity/organization operating in the bureaucratic seas will likely
say "this is the last hurdle" but often as not it is the "last hurdle
we know about right now" at least until the thing flies.

You guys just don't seem to see the military value low cost to orbit
can have.

I don't see where what has been posted before supports that, simply
that they don't believe the hype put-out about the X-33 being "that
close" to being ready.

rick jones
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