Re: Is single stage to orbit, now dead?

"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ZSEge.30402$G8.15747@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> I just wondered with all the talk of a new vehicle for taking people
> into space, whether the SSTO ideas have all been shelved in favour of
> good old multi stage conventional boosters?

Seems that way, without some serious developments in propulsion
and structural technology. A fully reusable two-stager ought to
be relatively easy; work on the SSTO later on when the money's
flowing.

--Damon

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