[AR] Re: Skylon Progress (was Re: Silicon Carbide)
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 19:18:46 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 30 Nov 2018, Christopher Buchanan Shay wrote:
Concorde no longer looked interesting. The
moral for rocket developers should be obvious. :-)
So, Henry, the moral is DH-1?
Maybe, maybe not. Certainly the moral is that gold-plated wunderbirds,
exquisitely tuned to today's market and competition but requiring 15-20
years of development, are unlikely to succeed. What's wanted is short
development cycle and versatility.
Henry
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