[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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