Re: SSTO - what's the point?

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:25:17 +1000, Sylvia Else
<sylvia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>royls@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Total non-sequitur. There is nothing about SSTO that implies
>> reusability, and most certainly nothing in reusabiilty that implies
>> SSTO.
>
>Is there anywhere a proposal to build a disposable SSTO?

Well, all the old rocket stages that SSTO proponents claim were
SSTO-capable were disposable...

>While it's true in principle that SSTO does not imply reusable, there
>seems little point in building a disposable SSTO. If someone tells me
>they're building an SSTO, I will assume that it will be (intended to be)
>reusable, and will express considerable surprise if told that that is
>not a design goal.

The same could be said of any proposed next-generation principal
launch system.

-- Roy L
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