On 2 Aug 2003 05:00:02 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Jon G"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

X-33 would have presumable led to Venture $tar which would have been
privately funded and which was supposed to be much more reliable (tongue
firmly in cheek)

That was a huge presumption, particularly given that Lockmart never
evinced the slightest iota of interest in commercial space markets, as
evidenced by both their performance on the commercial space
transportation systems study, and their joke of a V* "business plan."

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