Joe Strout :

Pretty interesting times... it will be particularly fun watching the
nay-sayers argue that SS1 has no relevance to orbital spaceflight after
SpaceDev uses the funding and experience gained from SS1 to build
Streaker.

Correct, nothing breds success like success. There is a very good chance
that they won the contract because they could point to successful air-starts
and time/thrust control of thier motor. Ofcourse they showed that already on
the test bench but people like in the Air Force don't trust test bench
results. Seeing it work in a flying vechile probably was the push they
needed.

Earl Colby Pottinger

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