Use a Black Brant XII with a revised flight
profile and 1/8 the payload just may get ya there
for 600K in 2005-2006 dollars.
This was briefly visited but IIRC was thumbed
down because of the G forces involved.
Robert
At 05:15 PM 12/14/2015, you wrote:
I did a presentation at the last SEDS conference showing that $1000 per pound (direct cost only) might be possible w/ an expendable solid....
Bill
On Monday, December 14, 2015, Anthony Cesaroni <<mailto:acesaroni@xxxxxxxxxxx>acesaroni@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry, that was meant for Bill off list.
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From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Claybaugh
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Subject: [AR] Future Skylon and F9 costs
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No idea where the cost chart comes from and do note that the F9 numbers make an assumption about refurbishment that seems--to me--aggressive.
Bill