Re: Is Crew Launch Vehicle Too Big?

"Ed Kyle" <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>If it ever flies, I believe that we will see the
>Falcon 9 price rise steadily toward the norm (which
>for it would be double the current price) in coming
>years.

And we will see the alt.space true believers stop talking about SpaceX
and pin their hopes on the next contender. By definition, once they're
flying real hardware to orbit in a real (rather than Powerpoint)
economic context, they will have Sold Out To Big Aerospace and Lost
the Vision.

When was the last time you saw Orbital Sciences listed among the
innovative outsiders poised to shatter the paradigm? :-)
.