Re: Air Force Signs Off on SRB-CEV

Rand Simberg <simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>gherbert@xxxxxxxxx (George William Herbert) glowed:
>>> Either approach would be many, many
>>>billions of dollars cheaper over the life of the
>>>programs than keeping duplicate production lines
>>>open.
>>
>>The point of this is not to save money,
>>it's to avoid having a standdown of any one
>>system take the whole US capability to launch
>>large sized military payloads away.
>
>As opposed to a standown of Shuttle-derived systems, which will result
>in an inability to get to the moon, and resupply/changeout crew for
>any base existing there. I guess that's OK, though.

Don't look at me, I don't even work there...


-george william herbert
gherbert@xxxxxxxxx

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