Re: It's In-Line (Shuttle Derived)

On 24 Jun 2005 20:02:26 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Ed Kyle"
<edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

>Henry Spencer wrote:
>> In article <1119643422.536838.208690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Ed Kyle <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >I think it is a sound opinion, considering that
>> >the Mars reference missions call for 200 to 800 tonnes
>> >of payload to low earth orbit for each Mars mission...
>>
>> That puts a big priority on being able to launch it *cheaply*, since
>> there's so much of it.
>>
>> When somebody needs 200 tons of machinery installed in a new factory, they
>> do not start looking for a 200-ton truck.
>
>That's because trucks are reusable.

Yes, and when we decide to get serious about opening up space, so will
our vehicles to get us there.
.

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