Mojave airport is not a spaceport

(Henry Spencer) wrote in message ...

You couldn't do that from Mojave Spaceport anyway, because (last I heard)
their spaceport license is for horizontal-takeoff-horizontal-landing
launch vehicles only. They've decided to cater to one particular type of
vehicle, rather than covering the whole spectrum.

I'm not sure if "decided" is the right word. Getting FAA approval for
a VTOL spaceport is somewhere more difficult. The impact point for
suborbital VTOLs tends to dwell near the vicinity of the spaceport, so
meeting the expected casualty requirement is more challenging if
there's anything in the vicinity of the spaceport. I presume Mojave
didn't bother because they have no potential VTOL customers at
present. If such customers showed up, and they felt their chances of
success warranted the effort, they might pursue changes to their FAA
license to permit VTOL launches.

(George William Herbert) wrote in message ...

The *port itself is full of people and expensive stuff well within the danger
zone if, for example, a large rocket fell over and exploded
(which is a risk with any launch mode, and reusable or expendables).

When was the last time a large airplane fell over and exploded? Or
just fell over, period? This is surely not a likely failure mode for
HTHL vehicles.

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On 5/07/2012 1:45 PM, wrote:
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Such strong principles that you are posting from Bangledesh?

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 5/07/2012 1:45 PM, wrote:

Serving those who need it most! Anytime Restoration is a family operated
company built on strong principles that makes recovering from a disaster the
least intrusive as possible. We specialize in Storm Damage & Carpet Cleaning
Sterling Heights Michigan.
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Such strong principles that you are posting from Bangledesh?

How do you know that?

On 5/07/2012 5:58 PM, William Elliot wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Alan Erskine wrote:
On 5/07/2012 1:45 PM, wrote:

Serving those who need it most! Anytime Restoration is a family operated
company built on strong principles that makes recovering from a disaster the
least intrusive as possible. We specialize in Storm Damage & Carpet Cleaning
Sterling Heights Michigan.
http://www.anytimerestorationservices.com

Such strong principles that you are posting from Bangledesh?

How do you know that?


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