1 posted on
05/20/2017 4:50:35 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
just ask SpaceX to do it... duh
2 posted on
05/20/2017 5:06:06 PM PDT by
Mr. K
(***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
To: BenLurkin
3 posted on
05/20/2017 5:08:01 PM PDT by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: BenLurkin
According to the article at the link, one of the program goals is to "Reduce the cost of access to space to about $5 million per flight for payloads of at least 3,000 lbs."
$5 mil/flight is an interesting number, because IIRC that's what one operational mission of the SR-71 cost near the end of the program.
5 posted on
05/20/2017 5:17:43 PM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Liberals think in propaganda)
To: BenLurkin
“Fly 10 times in a 10-day period,”
I’ll believe it when I see it. The space shuttle had similar ambitious turn-around goals and never came close to achieving them.
To: BenLurkin
Exciting times we live in.
7 posted on
05/20/2017 5:39:06 PM PDT by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Willie Sutton went into robbing banks and Hillary Clinton went into politics)
To: BenLurkin
8 posted on
05/20/2017 6:21:35 PM PDT by
beethovenfan
(I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
To: BenLurkin
As long as it’s designed, engineered and sourced in the US, by a US owned company, built by US citizens, using US tooling, and parts procured built in the US, then I don’t care who the low cost bidder gets the contract
10 posted on
05/20/2017 6:28:22 PM PDT by
Noob1999
(For)
To: BenLurkin
Drove by Blue Origin’s new building yesterday. Looks like a serious operation to me.
11 posted on
05/20/2017 6:43:18 PM PDT by
tbpiper
To: BenLurkin
I did some consulting work on this last year. A big issue is a reusable, lightweight TPS that is water resistant and can be inspected as part of a 24-hour turnaround between launches.
To: BenLurkin
It sounds like an extension of the X-15, which we retired in 1968.
16 posted on
05/21/2017 5:09:07 PM PDT by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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