Re: commercial uses of the Dtick and the Heavy Lifter

On 5 Oct 2005 12:17:16 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Will McLean"
<mclean1382@xxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

>> >So the commercial availability of the Stick could trigger the
>> >production of satellites sized for the Delta IV-H, and the US would
>> >have the only two launchers capable of handling them.
>>
>> The problem with that is that the Satay is a LEO vehicle, designed to
>> deliver the CEV to that orbit. It wouldn't be designed for GEO or
>> GTO, and would require a stretched upper stage in order to perform
>> that mission. Who would pay for that development, and why?
>
>
>Or a third stage. At least two suitable ones already exist.

Either way, it's a new vehicle, and adding another stage just made it
more expensive.
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