[AR] Re: SSTO
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:13:04 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, John Dom wrote:
... Who knows where the Skylons would be by now if they got the same
help SpaceX got...
Probably not much farther than they are now, given that the help to SpaceX
was hundreds of millions to produce flying rockets with flying capsules on
top, while Skylon development is still forecast to cost tens of billions
and there is no plan for a less-expensive demonstrator first. (Which puts
Skylon in the "need not be taken seriously" category, in my opinion, since
nobody is going to spend that kind of money on an unproven concept.)
Henry
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