To: BenLurkin
BIG difference between putting a Routan aircraft up up to 62 miles while carrying one man and some M&Ms, and the space shuttle which carries 7-10 people and 25 tons of payload up to 240 miles high.
2 posted on
10/11/2008 6:48:32 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(No More Obama! - The corruption has not changed despite all our hopes.)
To: driftdiver
Goddard’s stuff didn’t fly that high at first either, and Von Braun’s early efforts barely crossed the English Channel.
3 posted on
10/11/2008 7:12:08 PM PDT by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
To: driftdiver
BIG difference between putting a Routan aircraft up up to 62 miles while carrying one man and some M&Ms, and the space shuttle which carries 7-10 people and 25 tons of payload up to 240 miles high. BINGO! don't know the number of times I have said that. When Routan makes a reentry ping me. Mean while I will not hold my breath.
4 posted on
10/11/2008 7:14:07 PM PDT by
org.whodat
( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
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