On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:05:03 -0600, kT wrote:

That defeats the purpose of single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceflight, in
which the core stage is delivered to orbit ....

??? On the issue of recovering and using compelx engines frome a
coastal launch, TSTO and SSTO both work. Which is preferable is
another can of worms. But on the sole count of brining engines back
for reuse, both accomplish that, which was my point.



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