Re: XCOR engines

Rüdiger Klaehn wrote:

> gregg wrote:
>
> [snip]
>> I see no problem with lots of engine manufacturers at the "start". Yu can
>> get lots of good ideas that way. You'r emore apt to get good ideas form
>> many different manufacturers instead of just a very few.
>>
>> In time, market forces will weed out the list.
>>
> That is right. But I would prefer to see less half-baked engine
> development programs and more flying vehicles.
>
> I think there is much more room for innovation at the vehicle level
> than at the engine level. There are some decent engines available today
> (mostly russian ones though). But there are a lot of vehicle
> configurations that have never been tried yet that deserve a try.

Gotta have half-baked ideas in order to also have baked ones. No reason to
throttle creativity.

No reason you can't have both engine and vehicle innovation.


Gregg
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