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Jim Kingdon wrote:
When I saw that RASCAL article, it made me think of what Pegasus was
originally supposed to be, or taking the concept one step further.
Didn't Pegasus have a goal of rapid launch from the time of payload
delivery (which kind of went by the wayside, I think)?

Rapid launch was a goal for Taurus, but I don't recall explicit mention
of it for Pegasus. (Mind you, it's been a while...)

And I don't
know if Pegasus had a specific dollar target, but it was seen as a way
to put a small payload in orbit for a small amount of money.

And it is... for moderately hefty values of "small". It *has* gotten
substantially more expensive than originally advertised, although the
customer demand is also far less than expected, which just might have
something to do with that.
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