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From: alastair@geovision.uucp (Alastair Mayer)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: NASA calls for proposals regarding Reusable Reentry Satellite (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <527@geovision.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 89 15:46:17 GMT
References: <20996@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer)
Organization: GeoVision Corp, Ottawa, Canada
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Seriously, though, it sounds like an interesting opportunity for those
interested in demonstrating reusable ballistic vertical landing vehicles,
without having to worry about the vertical takeoff part.  (Just as well,
given the 2000 pound weight target).  A subscale Phoenix, for example...

(Although in my more paranoid moments I might wonder about the likelihood
of NASA ever awarding a contract to something that demonstrates how silly
the shuttle design is)
-- 
"The problem is not that spaceflight is expensive,  | Alastair J.W. Mayer
therefore only the government can do it, but that   | alastair@geovision.UUCP
only the government is doing spaceflight, therefore | al@BIX
it is expensive."                                   |