Re: Vision of the three Rs: Regular, Reliable and Reusable

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:30:31 GMT, in a place far, far away,
fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Joe Strout <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1171587665.716764.90910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Totorkon" <aertrion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What would be the best way to accomplish this? A half dozen, ten ton
payload, frequent flyer flybacks, or a couple of heavys with a two
month turnaround?

Set up a water depot in LEO, and guarantee to purchase at least 1000
tons/year from the lowest bidder to actually deliver, but with a price
cap set initially just barely within reach of current launchers. Then
lower the price cap each year for ten years, to drive continual progress.

In other words - pork and handouts.

No, handouts are when you give the money with no service provided.
You know, like X-33?
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