Alan Anderson wrote in
:

"tomcat" wrote:

There exists a multi-billion dollar market for satellites. Any
vehicle with a 200,000 pound cargo capability could launch multiple
satellites simultaneously.

The problem becomes one of finding multiple satellites that want to be
sent to the same place, and customers that don't mind sharing.

R&D is required everytime off-the-shelf isn't used. Today, this is a
requirement for the hull, but not for anything else.

R&D means: designs, design changes, design approvals, testing,
failures, new designs, design changes, design approvals, testing, . .
. , n designs, n design changes, n design approvals, n testing, n
failures -- ad infinitum. Very expensive!

I don't actually see any "R" described there, just "D".

Don't test anything -- except the hull -- because store bought is
supposed to work. And, glue it all together with gobs of epoxy.

I hope you're being facetious.


He's being ludicrous. Does that a lot.

--Damon