Obama's HUGE space gamble

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One thing to me is certain though. We need a better less energy wasteful
and dangerous way to get off planet. Maybe the physicists can actually
find the source of gravity and let us harness the force instead of
fighting it.

They have, it's called lift! ?Lift can get a ship out of the bulk of the
atmosphere anyways. I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of
air dropped launching ends up being the cheapest and easiet way.


YES YES YES, a air launched gigantic airplane air dropping a mini
shuttle at the very top of the atmosphere minimizes taking fuel tanks
and infrastructure 90% of the way to orbit..


These guys seem to be getting the hang of it. At least for small payloads.

http://www.scaled.com/

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:58 -0500, "Jonathan" wrote:


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One thing to me is certain though. We need a better less energy wasteful
and dangerous way to get off planet. Maybe the physicists can actually
find the source of gravity and let us harness the force instead of
fighting it.

Let the private corporations figure it out. They're already developing
a "rent a shuttle" program for the future.

Let the private corporations figure it out. They're already developing
a "rent a shuttle" program for the future.

I doubt anyone will build another shuttle system in any of our
lifetimes.

Things designed by comitees tend to do nothing really well