To: beef
> We have already spent billions of dollars proving that a reusable space plane is not practical given the physics that we know.
Incorrect: we've proven that a reusable space plane is not practical given the *management* and *politics* that *NASA* knows. DC-X was actually remarkably successful for what it was, until NASA took control.
18 posted on
11/02/2005 1:57:57 PM PST by
orionblamblam
("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
To: orionblamblam
"Incorrect: we've proven that a reusable space plane is not practical given the *management* and *politics* that *NASA* knows."
If it's so easy, then why doesn't someone just do it? I suppose Exxon is sitting on the patent or something like that.
19 posted on
11/02/2005 2:05:32 PM PST by
beef
(Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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