Re: Price creep at SpaceX?

On Dec 1, 6:46 am, kT <cos...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So you can easily see, we are very quickly headed to all liquid
propulsion in a sustainable launch vehicle architecture for low Earth
orbit, diametrically opposite the path that NASA and ATK have chosen
(for US, without any external participation, it seems). Remember also,
for every EELV launch to low Earth orbit to service the space station,
you by default get a very expensive upper stage in the process. Rational
people obviously choose not to expend the fabulous upper stage in orbit.

Too bad those LRBs of ours can't ever take advantage of using h2o2
plus a little of whatever fossil/synfuel or even biofuel. Though how
about h2o2/aluminum?
- Brad Guth

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