Robert Heller wrote:
At Sat, 1 Oct 2011 08:17:56 EDT byblow wrote:

I would love to hear opinions about Elon Musk's announcement a
fully reusable, two-stage launcher. In this SpaceX animated video --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p176UpWQOs4 -- the launcher reminds me
of the Falcon 9; it looks like the first stage has nine engines.

I've started a thread on sci.space.policy about this ("Falcon 9 on the way
down") that doesn't require response moderation. For my opinions on this look
there.

Dave