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

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 20:04:03 GMT, in a place far, far away,
henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

>In article <1119721978.812425.261430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>Ed Kyle <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>...Not to mention that a new maneuvering
>>cargo-hauling stage will be needed for the SpaceX
>>rockets, a need that could easily double or triple
>>the "real" Falcon V per-tonne payload costs.
>
>Why does there have to be a new maneuvering delivery stage on every rocket
>launched? This is silly; the right way to handle this is to base a
>refuelable tug at the destination.

Exactly. But we didn't do it that way in Apollo, so it can't be
right...
.