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Two Commercial Space Companies Join Forces
Aero-News Network ^
| 03/14/06
Posted on 03/14/2006 6:27:22 PM PST by KevinDavis
Aero-News has learned that Rocketplane Limited, Inc. and Kistler Aerospace Corporation have joined forces as a new space transportation team. This team -- to be named Rocketplane Kistler -- is made up of two companies with histories dating back to the start of the entrepreneurial space movement in the early 1990’s.
"Dr. George Mueller and the Kistler team have developed a mature and technologically sound design capable of revolutionizing space transportation," said Rocketplane President and CEO George French, Jr. "Rocketplane Kistler has a unique chance of making commercial space viable by reducing the cost to orbit and by building a fleet of cargo-carrying vehicles for transport to low earth orbit, Space Station and beyond."
(Excerpt) Read more at aero-news.net ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kistler; rocketplane; space
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
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posted on
03/14/2006 6:28:18 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
"Representatives with the Rocketplane Kistler team tell ANN the new company will work to combine the best of both systems -- suborbital spaceplanes that are optimized for near-term space tourist and microgravity research applications, and two-stage fully reusable vertical launch vehicles that are optimized for International Space Station crew and cargo delivery and afforable, responsive commercial launch services."Great news.
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posted on
03/14/2006 6:43:16 PM PST
by
inquest
(If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
03/14/2006 6:44:54 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale; All
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posted on
03/14/2006 6:48:56 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
You don't start making real money until you go public.
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posted on
03/14/2006 6:50:23 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
You don't start making real money until you go public.You don't start making money until you have a product to sell, and someone to buy it.
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posted on
03/14/2006 8:40:58 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: The_Victor
Just checked Google's product. Or tried to: can't seem to locate it.
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posted on
03/15/2006 9:49:37 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
Just checked Google's product. Or tried to: can't seem to locate it. Google sells their viewer's eye time.
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posted on
03/15/2006 10:40:02 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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