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Armadillo Aerospace drop test
George William Herbert wrote:
Kaido Kert wrote: I agree with everything you say, but i have this one important nitpick: rocket technology equals missile technology NOT. While its true that most modern missiles of all kinds are propelled by various rocket engines, a rocket is not a missile. There are other things that missiles need, other than what a space launch type rocket can bring to the table. And military applications tend to optimize on solution spaces differently than space launch (storability, etc being larger concerns). However, the dual use nature and convertability ^^^^^^^^ ah, see there is a big problem here. As things stand you end up with a big mondo list, that just about includes "soap" (armies have to wash themselves every now and then) and shoclate (aka high energy food you might pack for your troopps). Not only is teh notion and lits of dual-use goods ill-thought out concept, it is also in its present incarnation wrong, irrelevant and there is no meaningful oversight what appers in it. of many space launch systems to weapons purposes is hard to avoid. A lot of CATS amateurs haven't looked at the military side enough to understand that the differences between modern rockets and missiles don't mean there isn't a significant dual use problem. There is. Really. Even John Carmack's and Burt Rutan's equipment could be made into medium grade SRBMs, the Armadillo stuff without too much effort. you should take a look at the 'how to build a cruise missle with $5000' page from New Zealand... IIRC no dual use goods at all were involved. Over the long term (20 years) proliferation of low cost rocket technology is a lost cause IMHO. It is lost *now*. For that matter, I cant'tthink of any reasson why one would claim this was not always the case in the first place. Over the medium term (5-10 years) how we treat the technology in terms of level of detail we publish and allow foreigners open access to could make a large difference in hostile nations capability growth. This is fundametaly wrong - it has been demonstrated times and times again by states other than the US that the US has no monopoly on bright minds who grok rockets. All the present mindless thrashing what can and cannot be published will result is in a stunted growth rate for sciences inside the US. This is not an ideal situation, but it is reality. But a changable part of it. -george william herbert -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++ |
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