Re: NASA Encounters Problems With Ares 1 Launch Vehicle Design

Charles Buckley wrote:

What are the odds that someone would be able to fly the
Linear Aerospike engine if it were not earmarked for a specific
NASA flight program?

I'm guessing they've already robbed the J-2 out of it for ESAS.

Or, worded differently.. what would happen if someone wanted to
fly the already developed hardware? would it be possible?

We'll see when the shuttle retires and people start clamoring for SSMEs.

Seems to me that there is the potential that a lot of specific research
items are getting buried when their overall program is axed that might
be of use in other commercial ventures not related to NASA.

This is NASA we are talking about, what did you expect. They're crawling all over Apollo hardware to see how it worked.

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