Re: commercial uses of the Dtick and the Heavy Lifter

Ed Kyle wrote:
> If it were a critically important payload, it
> would almost certainly be flying on a proven
> EELV-Medium.

What if it was an important payload, as opposed to a critically
important payload? Like the kind of stuff that's flown on Taurus?

> It seems to me more likely that
> this is an effort by someone in the recon
> research arena to create a more responsive
> EELV alternative.

If they're doing this by buying launches, that's not a subsidy by most
definitions of the word.

-jake

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