Re: Is suborbital a real market?

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:58:54 +1100, in a place far, far away, Sylvia
Else <sylvia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Fred J. McCall wrote:
Sylvia Else <sylvia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Rand Simberg wrote:
:
:> It's not only not "easy," it's not possible. Getting to orbit
:> requires an entirely different vehicle, which they'll learn how to
:> build by building suborbital vehicles first.
:
:That's what is in question. What does one learn from building suborbital
:vehicles that is useful for building craft that can reach orbit and
:return from it?
:

What does one learn from building the Wright Flyer that is useful for
building craft that can cross the Atlantic?

One step at a time.

Hint: Structural techniques, material science, launch operations,
etc.


Are we short of knowledge on those in a way that commercial tourist
suborbital craft are going to assist?

Yes, in terms of low-cost operations.
.

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