On 12/16/2018 7:50 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
David Spain wrote on Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:49:01
-0500:
Speaking of dim past... Here's a gem from Paul D. reposting a passage
about Robert Truax from Ed Regis on Thor vs Agena.


You know, I've been saying something similar to the 'small vehicle for
people, big vehicle for cargo' thing for a years. Glad to see someone
collected data to back that up. Musk seems about to disprove the
whole thing, though, if he makes BFR/BFS work.


Well maybe. If human transport BFS flies first. But it wouldn't surprise
me one bit if BFR flies first with perhaps an uncrewed BFS cargo version
which could also be used as a P2P cargo hauler.

Is there more short-run potential $$ in sub-orbital cargo? Interesting
question...

Dave