"Hop" wrote in message
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On Friday, October 4, 2013 12:41:17 PM UTC-7, Jeff Findley wrote:

Then it's a good thing that LOX and kerosene are so damn cheap!

Ummm.... Cost of propellant wasn't my argument.

I was arguing ships aren't amenable to miniaturization.

I will try to put it more simply:

Big life support, lots propellant: big rocket.

Big rockets not cheap.

Ok, so what do YOU think drives cost?

If anything, size is a plus here. Larger rockets tend to be cheaper/pound
for payload costs.



You're defending ad hominem. And you've thrown out a ridiculous straw man
about the cost of fuel.

SSH hasn't changed much. Short on math and physics. Short on space
discussion. Long on straw men and colorful insults. Long on complaining
about Duane Day, Rand Simberg and a large crowd of other folks that have
made an exodus from this place.

Says the man who posted no math in this argument.



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