Gary and Aleta were into VTVL before DC-X. They were part of an
organization that was the inspiration for it.
On 2018-08-18 17:36, Ben Reytblat wrote:
And Rotary Rocket and Aleta Jackson.
I'd count Xcor in there too. Although they were not VTVL, some of the
people there came from DC-X, by way of RR.
Ben
On 08/18/2018 08:00 PM, Rand Simberg wrote:
I remember driving out from LA to see it. Stayed in a ten-buck motel
in Deming. Hard to believe it's been five years since the twentieth
and the commemoration at Spaceport America, and in Alamagordo. We've
lost Bill Gaubatz since the. I'm fortunate that he signed my DC-X
model (as well as Jess). Wonder how many others we've lost since
then? They paved the way for first Masten and Armadillo, then SpaceX
and Blue Origin.
On 2018-08-18 16:45, Henry Spencer wrote:
25 years ago today, DC-X flew for the first time. Alas, our
optimistic hopes then for fundamental change in space launch have
not
come true... at least not yet.
Henry