Re: Why isn't XCor entering the Lunar Lander challenge?

simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:05:21 -0600, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

So, now I'm wondering why XCor doesn't enter the contest. They've got
great engines: restartable, reliable, and with no hard starts. They've
probably got (or can get) tanks too. Seems like they could put the rest
of the craft together in a couple of months, and walk away with an easy
$350K or $1M. Quite apart from the money, it'd be great publicity for
them.

Is there some good reason I'm not thinking of that they're not doing
this?

They're busy, and it's not in their business strategy.

Joe never lets facts get in his way.

D.
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