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

simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On 9 Mar 2007 22:09:59 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Totorkon"
:<aertrion@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
:way as to indicate that:
:
:>The best approach would be for NASA to make its choice for an RLV and
:>contract for the hardware, while keeping the dark horse approach
:>alive, and design its moon base and other projects around this smaller
:>payload, frequent flyer discount 'vision'.
:
:That's been a horrible approach to date. Why do you think it would
:improve in the future?

It's been a horrible approach to date, but so far everything I see
people proposing to replace it is worse, relies on a bunch of
handwaving to get the middle to work, or both.

What do YOU propose, Rand? Remember that "because Rand thinks so" is
not adequate support to convince most people.

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn
.

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