And the chances are becoming less and less likely with every successful
milestone from the new wave of private ventures.
Troy.
top,
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
while Skylon development is still forecast to cost tens of billions andthere 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 tospend
that kind of money on an unproven concept.)
Henry